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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE) S-10N (Nonscanner-only) Wide Field of View (WFOV) Numerical Filter (NF) Earth Flux and Albedo | 1 | NOAA-10, NOAA-9, ERBS | ERBE | 1984-11-01 to 1995-11-30 | Binary | ||
| GEWEX SRB Integrated Product (Rel-4) Shortwave 3-Hourly Monthly Average by UTC Fluxes | 1 | SATELLITES | RADIOMETERS | 1983-07-01 to 2017-06-30 | NetCDF-4 | ||
| NWS Daily Climatology Data: 1983 (SNF) | 1 | METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS | HYGROMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, PYRANOMETERS, THERMOMETERS | 1983-01-01 to 1983-12-31 |
N: 48.1697 S: 47.6575 E: -91.7658 W: -92.5058 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS/SRC AMS Suite B Surface Meteorological and Radiation Data: 1996 | 1 | METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS | PYRANOMETERS, Pyrgeometer | 1996-01-01 to 1996-12-01 |
N: 55.92 S: 52.15 E: -98.42 W: -106.6 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS Derived Surface Meteorological Data | 1 | FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS, METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS | THERMOCOUPLES, HUMIDITY SENSORS, WIND MONITOR, BAROMETERS, NET RADIOMETERS, PYRANOMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, ULTRASONIC DEPTH GAUGE, INFRARED THERMOMETERS, Pyrgeometer, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR | 1994-01-01 to 1996-12-31 |
N: 56.25 S: 53.42 E: -97.23 W: -106.32 |
ASCII | |
| First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Cirrus Phase II Portable Automated Mesonet Station (PAMS) Data | 1 | GROUND STATIONS, PAM | NOT APPLICABLE | 1991-11-13 to 1991-12-07 | ASCII | ||
| Site Averaged AMS Data: 1987-1989 (Betts) | 1 | METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS | THERMOMETERS, BAROMETERS, NET RADIOMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, PYRANOMETERS, ANEMOMETERS | 1987-05-01 to 1989-11-19 |
N: 39.1161 S: 38.9753 E: -96.447 W: -96.611 |
CSV | |
| LINKAGES: An Individual-based Forest Ecosystem Biogeochemistry Model | 1 | METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS | THERMOMETERS, RAIN GAUGES | 1973-01-01 to 2008-12-31 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
multiple | |
| VEMAP 2: U.S. Annual Climate Change Scenarios | 1 | NOT APPLICABLE | NOT APPLICABLE | 1994-01-01 to 2100-12-31 |
N: 49 S: 25 E: -67 W: -124.5 |
netCDF-3 |
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