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Solar Radiation Data Access and Tools
NASA's archives include data from the Sentinel-5P satellite's TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI) providing measurements of solar radiance and irradiance levels, and the VEMAP 2 project 100-year climate change scenario estimates. Our datasets and tools help researchers translate these interconnected data points into actionable knowledge.
Solar Radiation Datasets
| Dataset | Platforms | Instruments | Temporal Extent | Location Keywords | Spatial Extent | Data Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Cirrus Phase II Portable Automated Mesonet Station (PAMS) Data | GROUND STATIONS, PAM | NOT APPLICABLE | 1991-11-13 to 1991-12-07 | NORTH AMERICA, KANSAS, MID-LATITUDE, BOUNDARY LAYER, STRATOSPHERE | ASCII | |
| First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Cirrus Phase II Spectral Radiance Experiment (SPECTRE) SIRIS High Resolution Emission Data | GROUND STATIONS | SIRIS | 1991-11-25 to 1991-12-07 | NORTH AMERICA, MID-LATITUDE, KANSAS, CONTINENT, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | ASCII | |
| First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Marine Stratocumulus Colorado State University (CSU) Surface Radiation Data | GROUND STATIONS | PYRANOMETERS, Pyrgeometer | 1987-06-30 to 1987-07-19 | PACIFIC OCEAN, NORTH AMERICA, MID-LATITUDE, BOUNDARY LAYER, TROPOSPHERE | Binary | |
| GEWEX SRB Integrated Product (Rel-4) Shortwave 3-Hourly Fluxes | SATELLITES | RADIOMETERS | 1983-07-01 to 2017-06-30 | GLOBAL, GEOGRAPHIC REGION | NetCDF-4 | |
| GEWEX SRB Integrated Product (Rel-4) Shortwave 3-Hourly Monthly Average by UTC Fluxes | SATELLITES | RADIOMETERS | 1983-07-01 to 2017-06-30 | GLOBAL, GEOGRAPHIC REGION | NetCDF-4 | |
| GEWEX SRB Integrated Product (Rel-4) Shortwave Daily Average by local Fluxes | SATELLITES | RADIOMETERS | 1983-07-01 to 2017-06-30 | GLOBAL, GEOGRAPHIC REGION | NetCDF-4 | |
| GEWEX SRB Integrated Product (Rel-4) Shortwave Daily Average by UTC Fluxes | SATELLITES | RADIOMETERS | 1983-07-01 to 2017-06-30 | GLOBAL, GEOGRAPHIC REGION | NetCDF-4 | |
| GEWEX SRB Integrated Product (Rel-4) Shortwave Monthly Average by Local Fluxes | SATELLITES | RADIOMETERS | 1983-07-01 to 2017-06-30 | GLOBAL, GEOGRAPHIC REGION | NetCDF-4 | |
| GEWEX SRB Integrated Product (Rel-4) Shortwave Monthly Average by UTC Fluxes | SATELLITES | RADIOMETERS | 1983-07-01 to 2017-06-30 | GLOBAL, GEOGRAPHIC REGION | NetCDF-4 | |
| Global Forest Ecosystem Structure and Function Data For Carbon Balance Research | NOAA-14 | AVHRR | 1897-01-01 to 2006-12-31 | N: 67.36 S: -42.87 E: 172.75 W: -159.5 | Shapefile |
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