Data included
Annual average, monthly averages, and 12 x 24 profiles:
- Global horizontal irradiation (GHI)
- Diffuse horizontal irradiation (DIF)
- Direct normal irradiation (DNI)
- Air temperature at 2 metres (TEMP)
- PV cSi yield (PVOUT)
- Global tilted irradiation (GTI)
Annual and monthly averages:
- Wind speed (WS)
- Relative humidity (RH)
- Precipitable water (PWAT)
- Precipitation (PREC)
- Snow days (SNOWD)
- Surface albedo (ALB)
- Cooling degree days (CDD)
- Heating degree days (HDD)
Map layers:
- Terrain - elevation, slope and azimuth (ELE, SLP, AZIM)
- Population density
- Land cover
- Ratio of diffuse to global irradiation (D2G)
Other data:
- Horizon
Spatial resolution
Map layers:
| GHI, DIF, DNI | 9 arc-seconds, approx. 250m x 250m |
| PVOUT, GTI, TEMP, ALBEDO, HDD, CDD | 30 arc-seconds, approx. 1 km x 1 km |
| WS, WD, RH, PWAT, PRECIP, SNOWD | 2 arc-minutes, approx. 4 km x 4 km |
| Elevation, Slope, Azimuth | 3 arc-seconds, approx. 90m x 90m |
PV Calculation:
| GHI, DNI, PWAT, SNOW_DAYS | 2 arc-minutes, approx. 4 km x 4km |
| TEMP | 30 arc-seconds, approx. 1 km x 1 km |
| PVOUT, Horizon | 9 arc-seconds, approx. 90m x 90m |
Geographical and temporal coverage
