Release notes

Recent updates of Solargis database and online applications

We are constantly working to improve Solargis. Below are details of recent updates to Solargis model and services.

You can vote for features and submit new feature requests via our public product roadmap.

08 Mar 2024

Improved air temperature information with ERA5 and ERA5-Land model blending

Solargis has developed a blended dataset by combining ERA5-Land with ERA5 to improve the accuracy of temperature data.

The new dataset exhibits smoother daily temperature profiles and helps mitigate the issue of missing coastal data by effectively filling the gaps in coastal pixels.

The blended version is accessible in long-term averages (Solargis Prospect), TMY, and time-series data (Solargis Evaluate).

More information about this update is in this blog article.

04 Dec 2023

New Parameters in Long Term Average API

PREC, WS, DNI, ALB parameters are now available in the LTA API. The list of all available parameters includes GHI, DIF, TEMP, RH, PWAT, DNI, ALB, WS, PREC, PR, GTI, PVOUT. 

12 Oct 2023

New parameter - Lowest expected operating temperature (TLEO) is available in Prospect application

TLEO - Lowest expected operating temperature (minimum design temperature) is added to Prospect app.

This parameter will be accessible for PROSPECT PRO/ENTERPRISE customers and free trial users.

Learn more about the importance of TLEO in our Blog.

05 Oct 2023

Updated morning nowcast in Americas and West Pacific

Nowcast temporal coverage was extended for morning hours in the Americas and West Pacific. It is critical for intraday forecasts when in the morning hours an estimate for the current day is required.

06 Sep 2023

Solargis Analyst version 1.4.4

NEW FEATURES AND IMPROVEMENTS

  • Application start is now faster
  • Quality control in solar radiation
    • The added option to copy flags from GHI and RHI to ALB.
    • When TRC QS status is missing, it is now possible to run automatic quality control. Be aware that automatic quality control assumes that data do not have any significant time shifts and are in UTC-0 time zone
  • The Demo project can be opened directly from the main menu under the Project section.
  • Added ground cover ratio into GTI configuration in the metadata editor.
  • PDF report
    • Added GTI configuration table.
    • Added Meteo data statistics and heat maps.
    • Improved quality control summary messages, new messages have more information about which automatic tests were running on a dataset.
    • The summary field supports line breaks, so text can be formatted into multiple lines for better readability.
    • Added inactive quality control status icons, to better see all existing quality control statuses.
    • Improved data availability graph, which also shows smaller gaps between data.
  • Generated XLSX file: QA short results sheet calculates statistics from all existing flags.
  • In TRC
    • graphs data point transparency is calculated based on a number of data points, for better graph readability when visualizing a large amount of data.
    • Removed dataset dropdown. TRC always opens the selected dataset on the main screen.
  • Post filtering
    • Added quality control status.
    • Moved to the last position in the main menu, to follow user workflow.
  • Unit conversion
    • Added conversion between J/m2 or J/cm2 to W/m2 or Wh/m2.
  • CSV export with full header was extended with GTI configuration.
  • Multiple small usability improvements and various bug fixes.
27 Jun 2023

Solargis Prospect update

Solargis Prospect update: data for Scandinavia, model improvements, new precipitation data source.