Solar: Average Monthly and Annual Direct Normal Irradiance Data, One-Degree Resolution of the World from NASA/SSE, 1983-2005
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- This polygon shapefile represents the average monthly and annual measurements (kWh/m^2/day) of solar direct normal radiation (DNI) for the entire globe. Lat/Lon values indicate the lower left corner of a 1x1 degree region. Negative values are south and west; positive values are north and east. Boundaries of the -90/-180 region are -90 to -89 (south) and -180 to -179 (west). The last region, 89/180, is bounded by 89 to 90 (north) and 179 to 180 (east). This polygon shapefile represents the average monthly and annual measurements (kWh/m^2/day) of solar direct normal radiation (DNI) for the entire globe. These data are regional averages; not point data. The source data was downloaded from the Surface Meteorology and Solar Energy (SSE) website as text files. The tabular data was then converted to the shapefile format.
- Purpose
- These data are meant to provide investors and other stakeholders with reliable, verifiable and accessible information on the solar resource potential for the data domain.
Description
Type of resource | cartographic, software, multimedia |
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Form | Shapefile |
Extent | 8.404999999999999 |
Date valid | 1983 - 2005 |
Publication date | 2008 |
Edition | Release 6.0 |
Language | English |
Digital origin | born digital |
Map data | Scale not given. ; W 180°--E 180°/N 90°--S 90°, Scale not given ; EPSG::4326 |
Creators/Contributors
Creator | NASA Langley Atmospheric Sciences Data Center |
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Subjects
Subject | Solar radiation |
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Subject | Solar energy |
Subject | Earth |
Subject | 1983 > 2005 |
Subject | Utilities and Communication |
Subject | Earth (Planet) |
Genre | Geospatial data |
Genre | Cartographic dataset |
Bibliographic information
Supplemental information |
Spatial Extent: Global Bounding Coordinates (decimal degrees)
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Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/fd535zg0917 |
Access conditions
- Use and reproduction
- This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use.
- Copyright
- This work is in the Public Domain, meaning that it is not subject to copyright.
Preferred citation
- Preferred citation
- NASA Langley Atmospheric Sciences Data Center. (2008) Solar: Average Monthly and Annual Direct Normal Irradiance Data, One-Degree Resolution of the World from NASA/SSE, 1983-2005. NASA Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/fd535zg0917
Collection
NASA Surface Meteorology and Solar Energy : Global Data Sets
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