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Solar Radiation Data Access and Tools
NASA's archives include data from the Sentinel-5P satellite's TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI) providing measurements of solar radiance and irradiance levels, and the VEMAP 2 project 100-year climate change scenario estimates. Our datasets and tools help researchers translate these interconnected data points into actionable knowledge.
Solar Radiation Datasets
| Dataset | Version Sort ascending | Platforms | Instruments | Temporal Extent | Spatial Extent | Spatial Resolution | Data Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sentinel-5P TROPOMI Irradiance product SWIR module L1B V1 (S5P_L1B_IR_SIR) at GES DISC | 1 | Sentinel-5P | TROPOMI | 2018-04-30 to 2021-06-30 | |||
| Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE) S-10 Wide Field of View (WFOV) Shape Factor (SF) Earth Flux and Albedo | 1 | NOAA-9, ERBS | ERBE | 1984-11-01 to 1990-02-28 | Binary | ||
| First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Marine Stratocumulus Colorado State University (CSU) Surface Radiation Data | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | PYRANOMETERS, Pyrgeometer | 1987-06-30 to 1987-07-19 | Binary | ||
| NWS Daily Climatology Data: 1980 (SNF) | 1 | METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS | HYGROMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, PYRANOMETERS, THERMOMETERS | 1980-01-01 to 1980-12-31 |
N: 48.1697 S: 47.6575 E: -91.7658 W: -92.5058 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS/SRC AMS Suite B Surface Meteorological and Radiation Data: 1995 | 1 | METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS | PYRANOMETERS, Pyrgeometer | 1995-01-01 to 1995-12-31 |
N: 55.92 S: 52.15 E: -98.42 W: -106.6 |
ASCII | |
| ATom: Aerosol Extinction and Absorption Measurements from SOAP Instrument, 2018 | 1 | NASA DC-8 | SPECTROMETERS | 2018-04-24 to 2018-05-21 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
multiple | |
| First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Cirrus Phase II Colorado State University (CSU) PRT-6 Data | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | PRT, BOLOMETERS | 1991-11-18 to 1991-12-07 | ASCII | ||
| SiB3 Modeled Global 1-degree Hourly Biosphere-Atmosphere Carbon Flux, 1998-2006 | 1 | LANDSAT-7 | AVHRR | 1998-01-01 to 2006-12-31 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
Shapefile | |
| ARM Enhanced Shortwave Experiment (ARESE) Solar Radiation Data | 1 | NASA ER-2 | MAS | 1995-09-25 to 1995-10-23 | HDF4 | ||
| NWS Daily Climatology Data: 1981 (SNF) | 1 | METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS | HYGROMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, PYRANOMETERS, THERMOMETERS | 1981-01-01 to 1981-12-31 |
N: 48.1697 S: 47.6575 E: -91.7658 W: -92.5058 |
ASCII |
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