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| GHI | Global horizontal irradiation * | kWh/m2 ** |
| DNI | Direct normal irradiation * | kWh/m2 ** |
| D2G | Ratio of diffuse to global irradiation * | |
| GTI | Global tilted irradiation | kWh/m2 ** |
* including values not considering terrain shading
** for sub-hourly time resolutions, the parameter is provided as irradiance (W/m2)
| TEMP | Air temperature at 2 meters | °C |
| RH | Relative humidity at 2 meters above ground | % |
| TD | Dew point temperature | °C |
| WBT | Wet bulb temperature | °C |
| WS | Wind speed m/s at 10 meters above ground | m/s |
| WD | Wind direction m/s at 10 meters above ground | ° |
| WG | Wind gusts at 10 meters above ground | m/s |
| AP | Atmospheric pressure | hPa |
| PREC | Precipitation (rainfall) | mm |
| SDWE | Water equivalent of accumulated snow depth | kg/m2 |
| ALB | Ground surface albedo | |
| PWAT | Precipitable water | kg/m2 |
| PVOUT specific | Specific photovoltaic power output | kWh/kWp ** |
| PVOUT total | Total photovoltaic power output |
kWh ** |
| PR | Performance Ratio |
** for sub-hourly time resolutions, the parameter is provided as power (kW or W/kWp)
| SE | Sun elevation | ° |
| SA | Sun azimuth | ° |
| Spatial resolution | Data parameters |
|---|---|
|
90 m x 90 m |
GHI, DNI, GTI, PVOUT (considering terrain shading effects) |
|
1 km x 1 km |
TEMP, AP, ALB |
|
12 km x 12 km |
PREC, SDWE |
|
25 km x 25 km |
RH, TD, WBT, WS, WD, WG, PWAT |
Solar and meteorological data is available from years as indicated on the map above.
Long-term average ground surface albedo represents a period from 2006 to 2015.
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