Identification

Title

Global horizontal irradiance from WRF-Solar and NSRDB over CONUS

Abstract

This dataset has been used in the publication: Jimenez, P.A., J. Yang, J.-H. Kim, M. Sengupta, and J. Dudhia: Assessing the WRF-Solar model performance using satellite-derived irradiance from the National Solar Radiation Database. J. Applied Met. & Climatol., 61, 129-142. The article presents the reference WRF-Solar configuration and describes the value of shortwave irradiance retrievals from the National Solar Radiation Database (NSRDB) to improve the WRF-Solar performance. The dataset consist of global horizontal irradiance from several WRF-Solar simulations over the contiguous U.S. spanning the year of 2018, and collocated satellite retrievals for the same year. The dataset will help to: 1. Ensure reproducibility of results in the article above 2. Provide a reference WRF-Solar simulation and adequate observations over an extended period to continue improving the WRF-Solar performance

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://gdex.ucar.edu/dataset/id/e8d3f63d-3da0-4791-8bf7-6e5f281b6a8f.html

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applicationProfile: browser

name: Global horizontal irradiance from WRF-Solar and NSRDB over CONUS

description: Metadata Link

function: download

Unique resource identifier

code

codeSpace

Dataset language

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Dataset

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2014-10-16

Keyword set

keyword value

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > SOLAR IRRADIANCE

EARTH SCIENCE SERVICES > MODELS > WEATHER RESEARCH/FORECAST MODELS

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2018-03-15

Keyword set

keyword value

Other > Models > Wrf > Weather Research And Forecasting (Wrf) Model

Space-Based Platforms > Earth Observation Satellites > Geostationary Satellites

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2018-03-15

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-135.0

East bounding longitude

-60.0

North bounding latitude

55.0

South bounding latitude

20.0

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2018-01-01

End position

2018-12-31

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2021-11-19

date type

modified

effective date

2021-11-18

Frequency of update

Quality and validity

Lineage

Conformity

Data format

name of format

Hierarchical Data Format File (application/x-hdf)

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Limitations on public access

None

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

UCAR/NCAR - Research Applications Laboratory

email address

jimenez@ucar.edu

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

UCAR/NCAR - GDEX

email address

datahelp@ucar.edu

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2022-03-22T16:49:00-06:00

Metadata language