NCDC TD9724 Hourly Solar and Surface Observations, 1952-1976

This dataset, from the National Climatic Data Center, was designed to provide solar energy users with quality-controlled hourly solar information along with collateral meteorological data in a single dataset. The major parameters that make up the dataset are extraterrestrial radiation, direct, diffuse, and net radiation, and global radiation. Several standard meteorological parameters are also included.

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Temporal Range

  • Begin:  1951-12-01
    End:  1977-01-01

Keywords

Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 1951-12-01
Temporal Range End 1977-01-01
Temporal Resolution N/A
Bounding Box North Lat N/A
Bounding Box South Lat N/A
Bounding Box West Long N/A
Bounding Box East Long N/A
Spatial Representation N/A
Spatial Resolution N/A
Related Links N/A
Additional Information N/A
Resource Format ASCII
Standardized Resource Format ASCII
Asset Size 878.00 MB
Legal Constraints

Use of this dataset is subject to UCAR's Terms of Use, except that commercial use is generally not prohibited.
Access Constraints Registration on the RDA web site is a requirement for access to the data.
Software Implementation Language N/A

Resource Support Name Bob Dattore
Resource Support Email dattore@ucar.edu
Resource Support Organization UCAR/NCAR - Research Data Archive
Distributor NCAR Research Data Archive
Metadata Contact Name N/A
Metadata Contact Email rdahelp@ucar.edu
Metadata Contact Organization NCAR Research Data Archive

Author National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
National Renewable Energy Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy
Publisher Research Data Archive at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Computational and Information Systems Laboratory
Publication Date 1988-02-03
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.5065/PPBE-S222
Alternate Identifier ds503.0
Resource Version N/A
Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2024-01-03T15:11:43-07:00
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.rda::ds503.0
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy. (1988). NCDC TD9724 Hourly Solar and Surface Observations, 1952-1976. Research Data Archive at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Computational and Information Systems Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/PPBE-S222. Accessed 23 April 2024.

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