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Archived Data

• Data Files
  • Broadband Solar Radiation Data
    • The HBCU Solar Radiation Monitoring Network, 1985-1996
    • The National Solar Radiation Data Base
      • Daily Statistics Files (DSFs)
        
      • Hourly Data Files (HDFs)
        
      • The Solar Radiation Data Manual For Buildings
        • 30-year (1961-1990) average of solar radiation and illuminance for each month
          
      • The Solar Radiation Data Manual For Flat-Plate and Concentrating Collectors
        • Averages of solar radiation for each of the 360 months during the period 1961-1990
        • 30-year (1961-1990) average of monthly solar radiation for each month
          
      • Typical Meteorological Year 2 (TMY2)
    • NOAA's Network (1977 - 1980): 39 Sites
    • The Solar Energy Meteorological Research and Training Sites Network
    • The WEST Associates' Network (1976 - 1980)
  • NREL's Circumsolar Data Base
  • NREL's Spectral Solar Radiation Data Base
  
  
• U.S. Solar Radiation Resource Maps
  • Atlas for The Solar Radiation Data Manual For Flat-Plate and Concentrating Collectors
  • Solar Maps on NREL's Internet Map Server

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NREL Data Collection Activities

• Cooperative Networks for Renewable Resource Measurements (CONFRRM)
• NASA Remote Sensing Validation Data   (updated 13/02/2004)
• Measurement and Instrumentation Data Center (MIDC)

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• Solar Spectral Irradiance: Air Mass Zero
• Reference Solar Spectral Irradiance: Air Mass 1.5   (updated 27/01/2004)

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• Solar Position and Intensity (solpos)
• Solar Position Algorithm (SPA)

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• Bird Clear Sky Model
• Bird Simple Spectral Model - - C code revised 24 March 2004
• DISC Model
• SMARTS: Simple Model of the Atmospheric Radiative Transfer of Sunshine

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• PVWATTS: A Performance Calculator for Grid-Connected PV Systems

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• Data Base User's Manuals
  • Circumsolar Radiation Data Manual
  • National Solar Radiation Data Base User's Manual (1961-1990)
  • NOAA Network Information Manual*
  • The Solar Radiation Data Manual for Buildings
  • The Solar Radiation Data Manual For Flat-Plate and Concentrating Collectors
  • Spectral Solar Radiation Data Base Documentation, Vol. I
  • Spectral Solar Radiation Data Base Documentation, Vol. II
  • The Standard Broadband Format Manual
  • TMY2 User's Manual
  • WEST Associates On-line Data Manual*
  
  
• Models
  • A Quasi-Physical Model for Converting Hourly Global Horizontal to Direct Normal Insolation (PDF)
  • Simple Solar Spectral Model for Direct and Diffuse Irradiance on Horizontal and Tilted Planes
              at the Earth's Surface for Cloudless Atmospheres
  • Simplified Clear Sky Model for Direct and Diffuse Insolation on Horizontal Surfaces (PDF)
  • SMARTS, A Simple Model of the Atmospheric Radiative Transfer of Sunshine: Algorithms
              and performance assessment (PDF)


• Primers
  • Shining On
  
  
• Radiometers
  • Calibration of a Solar Absolute Cavity Radiometer with Traceability to the World Radiometric Reference (PDF)


• Other
  • Glossary of Solar Radiation Resource Terms*
  • Quality Assessment with QC_TND*
  • Quality Assessment with SERI_QC*

* These publication are available only on-line.

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