Data & networks

Thredds server

We publish the resulting NetCDF files on a thredds data server. We currently only provide open access to the networks explicitly allowing data redistribution in their licence :

id

name

vars

nb stations

data

ABOM

One Minute Solar Data of the Australian Bureau of Meteorology

GHI, DHI, BNI

21

TDS🔒

BSRN

Baseline Surface Radiation Network

GHI, DHI, BNI, T2, RH, P

78

TDS🔒

enerMENA

The enerMENA Meteorological Network - Solar Radiation Measurements in the MENA Region

GHI, DHI, BNI, T2, RH, WS, WD, P

12

TDS🔒

ESMAP

Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP)

GHI, DHI, BNI, T2, RH, WS, WD, P

16

ISE_PVLive

PV-Live dataset - Measurements of global horizontal and tilted solar irradiance

GHI

40

TDS🔒

NREL_MIDC

Measurement and Instrumentation Data Center (MIDC)

GHI, DHI, BNI, T2, RH, WS

33

TDS

SAURAN

Southern African Universities Radiometric Network

GHI, DHI, BNI

21

TDS🔒

SKYNET

International SKYNET Data Center

GHI, BNI

7

SOLRAD

NOAA’s SOLar RADiation Measurement Network

GHI, DHI, BNI, T2, RH, WS, WD, P

9

TDS

SURFRAD

NOAA’s Surface Radiation Budget Network (SURFRAD)

GHI, DHI, BNI, T2, RH, WS, WD, P

7

TDS

IEA_PVPS

Validation dataset of the task 16 of IEA PVPS

GHI, DIF, DNI, GHIcalc, Elev, Azim, Kc

161

TDS

Web interface

We also provide a web interface on top of this thredds server. It provides :

  • A map of available stations

  • Visualization if time series

  • Export to CSV or JSON

  • A view of visual quality graphs

  • An overview of the time range of each station

Preview of web interface