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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
Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE) Nonscanner Regional, Zonal, and Global Averages S-4N data in native format 1 NOAA-10, NOAA-9, ERBS ERBE 1984-12-01 to 1995-10-31 Binary
First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Cirrus 1 NASA ER-2 Radiometer Data 1 NASA ER-2 RADIOMETERS 1986-10-13 to 1986-11-02 ASCII
NWS Daily Climatology Data: 1977 (SNF) 1 METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS HYGROMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, PYRANOMETERS, THERMOMETERS 1977-01-01 to 1977-12-31

N: 48.1697 S: 47.6575 E: -91.7658 W: -92.5058

ASCII
VEMAP 2: U.S. Monthly Climate Change Scenarios, Version 2 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1994-01-01 to 2100-12-31

N: 49 S: 25 E: -67 W: -124.5

netCDF-3
GPM GROUND VALIDATION TOTAL PRECIPITATION SENSOR (HOTPLATE) GCPEX V1 1 GROUND STATIONS Total Precipitation Sensor (Hotplate) 2011-11-07 to 2012-02-21

N: 44.3 S: 44.2 E: -79.64 W: -79.78

ASCII
First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Atlantic Stratocumulus Transition Experiment (ASTEX) ECMWF Surface Diagnostics 1 ECMWF Computer 1992-06-01 to 1992-06-28 ASCII
SAFARI 2000 Meteorological and Flux Tower Measurements in Maun, Botswana, 2000 1 FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS, FIELD INVESTIGATION PYRANOMETERS, IRGA, PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS, TEMPERATURE PROBES, RTD, ANEMOMETERS, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, RAIN GAUGES, HUMIDITY SENSORS, SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, THERMOMETERS 2000-02-01 to 2000-09-30

N: -19.9 S: -19.9 E: 23.55 W: 23.55

Shapefile
VEMAP 1: U.S. Climate Change Scenarios Based on Models with Increased CO2 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1961-01-01 to 1990-12-31

N: 49 S: 25 E: -67 W: -124.5

multiple
Bowen Ratio Surface Flux: Smith (FIFE) 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION THERMOCOUPLES, BAROMETERS, Bowen Ratio Devices, HYGROMETERS, NET RADIOMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER, SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE, ANEMOMETERS 1987-05-27 to 1989-08-13

N: 39.11 S: 38.98 E: -96.45 W: -96.61

multiple
PEM Tropics A P-3B Remotely Sensed Data 1 P-3B ACTINOMETER 1996-08-06 to 1996-09-27

N: 50 S: -79.03 E: 180 W: -180

GTE
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