Solar: Average Monthly and Annual Global Horizontal Irradiance Data, One-Degree Resolution of the World from NASA/SSE, 1983-2005

Description:

This polygon shapefile represents the 22 year average monthly and annual measurements (kWh/m^2/day) of global horizontal irradiance (GHI) for the entire world. Lat/Lon values indicate the lower left corner of a 1x1 degree region. Negative values are south and west; positive values are north and east. Boundaries of the -90/-180 region are -90 to -89 (south) and -180 to -179 (west). The last region, 89/180, is bounded by 89 to 90 (north) and 179 to 180 (east). This polygon shapefile represents the average monthly and annual measurements (kWh/m^2/day) of solar direct normal radiation (DNI) for the entire globe. These data are regional averages; not point data. The source data was downloaded from the Surface Meteorology and Solar Energy (SSE) website as text files. The tabular data was then converted to the shapefile format. To provide investors and other stakeholders with reliable, verifiable and accessible information on the solar resource potential for the data domain. Global Horizontal Irradiance (GHI) products describe the solar resource available to a flat-plate collector oriented horizontal to the earth’s surface.

Creator:

NASA Langley Atmospheric Sciences Data Center

Publisher:

NASA Langley Atmospheric Sciences Data Center

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Datasets

Resource Type:

Polygon data

Subject:

Solar energy, Climatology, Meteorology and Atmosphere, and Utilities and Communication

Theme:

Climate and Utilities

Temporal Coverage:

1983–2005

Date Issued:

2008

Spatial Coverage:

Earth and Earth (Planet)

Rights:

This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use.

Rights Holder:

This work is in the Public Domain, meaning that it is not subject to copyright.

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

Shapefile

Georeferenced:

More details at:

https://purl.stanford.edu/xx487wn6207