Cary Environmental Monitoring Program Hourly Meteorological and Solar Radiation Data: 1988-2025

The Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies Environmental Monitoring Program is a long-term data collection program designed to understand how the environment changes over time. The program includes monitoring of climate including temperature and precipitation, as well as variables related to air pollution, such as acid deposition and ozone, and water pollution and other streamwater chemistry. Our solar radiation monitoring includes diffuse and global photosynthetically active radiation (PAR), diffuse and global shortwave radiation, net radiation and UV. Long-term monitoring of solar radiation provides us with an understanding of atmospheric energy dynamics, which can affect natural and human systems. Data citation: Click on the Cite button for this repository for data citation.Those wishing to publish data from the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Environmental Monitoring Program are encouraged to contact the data managers.<br>