Identification

Title

National Solar Radiation Data Base Hourly Solar Data from Alaska, 1961-1990

Alternative title(s)

106.ARCSS043

Abstract

The radiation data are derived from the National Solar Radiation Data Base (NSRDB) hourly data in synoptic format, and provided by the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). They contain hourly global horizontal solar irradiance, direct normal solar irradiance, and diffuse horizontal solar irradiance for 17 Solar and Meteorological Surface Observation Network (SAMSON) stations in Alaska from January 1, 1961 through December 31, 1990. The data are distributed with permission from NCDC.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://data.eol.ucar.edu//dataset/106.ARCSS043

protocol: https

name: National Solar Radiation Data Base Hourly Solar Data from Alaska, 1961-1990 homepage

description: Dataset homepage

Unique resource identifier

code

106.ARCSS043

codeSpace

Dataset language

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

dataset

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2014-10-16

Keyword set

keyword value

Fixed Observation Stations

Keyword set

keyword value

Arctic

Radiation

Surface

Keyword set

keyword value

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > SOLAR IRRADIANCE

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2018-02-27

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-170.00000

East bounding longitude

-131.00000

North bounding latitude

72.00000

South bounding latitude

55.00000

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

End position

1990-12-31T23:59:59Z

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2009-04-29T15:01:34Z

Frequency of update

Quality and validity

Lineage

Conformity

Data format

name of format

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

none

Limitations on public access

none

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

contact position

EOL Data Support

organisation name

UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory

full postal address

PO Box 3000

Boulder

80307-3000

email address

datahelp@eol.ucar.edu

web address

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/

name: homepage

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Responsible party

contact position

Meteorologist

organisation name

NCDC

full postal address

Research Customer Service Mail Stop M2 Room 121 Federal Building re Customer Service, Mail Stop, M2 Room 121 Federal Building

Asheville

28801

USA

telephone number

(828) 271-4499

email address

tom.ross@noaa.gov

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

contact position

EOL Data Support

organisation name

UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory

full postal address

PO Box 3000

Boulder

80307-3000

email address

datahelp@eol.ucar.edu

web address

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/

name: homepage

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2024-02-07T22:48:26Z

Metadata language