Solargis Monitor API

Technology

WS API request parameters, represented as XML elements and attributes, are formally described by XML Schema Definition documents (XSD). We provide two endpoint variants for XML file validation:

  • SOAP
  • REST

The data period in one request is currently limited to a maximum of 31 days regardless of time resolution—the same applies for hourly or 15-minute time steps.

Terms

Price is specified individually based on your requirements. It reflects:

  • Requested type and parameters (PVOUT, GHI, GTI, DNI, TEMP, etc.)
  • Number of requests

Access to API is based on a one-year subscription. Authentication is based on an API key registered with the customer.

Response content

Meteo parameters

Parameter

Acronym

Unit

Global horizontal irradiance (irradiation)

GHI

kW/m2 (kWh/m2)

Diffuse horizontal irradiance (irradiation)

DIF

kW/m2 (kWh/m2)

Direct normal irradiance (irradiation)

DNI

kW/m2 (kWh/m2)

Global tilted irradiance (irradiation)

GTI

kW/m2 (kWh/m2)

Air temperature at 2 m

TEMP

°C

Wind speed at 10 m

WS

m/s

Wind direction at 10 m

WD

°

Wind gust at 10 m

WG

m/s

Relative humidity

RH

%

Atmospheric pressure

AP

hPa

Precipitation rate

PREC

kg/m2

Precipitable water

PWAT

kg/m2

Snow Depth Water Equivalent

SDWE

mm

Geographic parameters

Parameter

Acronym

Unit

Solar elevation

SE

°

Solar angle

SA

°

Elevation

ELE

kW/m2 (kWh/m2)

Simulation method

  • PVOUT – calculation of potential electricity energy output from customer defined PV system


Temporal resolution

Primary data

  • 10/15-minute step (depending on satellite mission and region)

Aggregated data

  • hourly
  • daily
  • monthly
  • yearly

Data coverage

API coverage 04 2023

Present coverage of operational and recent solar radiation and PV data