Australian Gridded Solar Climatology Web Data Services

These datasets are long term averages of solar radiation at the surface over the Australian land mass. Applications of these data include solar energy, agriculture, building thermal design and water balance modelling. Climatologies are given for two radiation parameters: the global horizontal exposure, which is the total amount of solar energy falling on a horizontal surface over a time interval; and the direct normal exposure which is the total of the component of radiation from the sun’s disk on a plane perpendicular to the beam. Climatologies of daily exposure are given as an annual average and as a set of twelve monthly averages. Climatologies of the diurnal cycle are given as monthly averages of hourly exposures through the day. These data sets are derived from 23 years (1990 - 2012) of data from satellites operated by Japan Meteorological Agency and the US National Oceanographic & Atmospheric Administration. NEII

本数据集为澳大利亚陆地区域地表太阳辐射的长期平均值。该数据的应用场景涵盖太阳能利用、农业生产、建筑热设计以及水平衡模拟等领域。数据集包含两类辐射参数的气候态：一类为总水平辐照量（global horizontal exposure），即某一时间区间内投射至水平表面的太阳能总量；另一类为法向直接辐照量（direct normal exposure），即垂直于太阳光束的平面所接收到的太阳盘面辐射分量总和。日辐照量的气候态以年平均值及12个月度平均值的形式给出。日循环的气候态则以每日逐小时辐照量的月度平均值形式呈现。本数据集源自日本气象厅（Japan Meteorological Agency）与美国国家海洋和大气管理局（US National Oceanographic & Atmospheric Administration）所属卫星在1990年至2012年这23年间的观测数据。NEII