Australian Gridded Solar Climatology Web Data Services

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Service Summary

Title: Australian Gridded Solar Climatology Web Data Services
Status: onGoing

Service Details

Title: Australian Gridded Solar Climatology Web Data Services
Service Keywords: (Type: theme)
  • WMS
  • OPeNDAP
  • Gridded
  • Satellite
  • Solar
  • Radiation
  • Meteorology
  • National Environmental Information Infrastructure NEII

Service Abstract

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

Service Citation

Title: Australian Gridded Solar Climatology Web Data Services
Resource Date: 2008-01-01T12:00:00 (revision)
Point Of Contact:
Custodian: Climate and Ocean Data Analysis and Services., Australian Bureau of Meteorology
Ph: (03) 9669 4082
Fax: (03) 9669 4515
Email: climatedata@bom.gov.au

Service Information

Service Type: opendap / thredds
Service Version: Various

Service Extent

Geographical Extent (deg):
West Bound Longitude: 112.025
East Bound Longitude: 153.975
South Bound Latitude: -43.975
North Bound Latitude: -10.025
Coupling Type: tight

Operations

Name: GetCapabilities
DCP: WebServices
Connection Point: Solar Climatology - Monthly-hourly climatology of hourly exposure (Global Horizontal Exposure) - Web Map Service [http://neii.bom.gov.au/services/solarclim/wms/data/monClim_gloHorExp1Hou.nc?service=WMS&version=1.3.0&request=GetCapabilities] (OGC:WMS-1.3.0-http-get-capabilities) , Function: information
Connection Point: Solar Climatology - Monthly-hourly climatology of hourly exposure (Direct Normal Exposure) - Web Map Service [http://neii.bom.gov.au/services/solarclim/wms/data/monClim_dirNorExp1Hou.nc?service=WMS&version=1.3.0&request=GetCapabilities] (OGC:WMS-1.3.0-http-get-capabilities) , Function: information
Connection Point: Solar Climatology - Monthly climatology of daily exposure (Global Horizontal Exposure) - Web Map Service [http://neii.bom.gov.au/services/solarclim/wms/data/monClim_gloHorExp1Day.nc?service=WMS&version=1.3.0&request=GetCapabilities] (OGC:WMS-1.3.0-http-get-capabilities) , Function: information
Connection Point: Solar Climatology - Monthly climatology of daily exposure (Direct Normal Exposure) - Web Map Service [http://neii.bom.gov.au/services/solarclim/wms/data/monClim_dirNorExp1Day.nc?service=WMS&version=1.3.0&request=GetCapabilities] (OGC:WMS-1.3.0-http-get-capabilities) , Function: information
Connection Point: Solar Climatology - Annual climatology of daily exposure (Global Horizontal Exposure) - Web Map Service [http://neii.bom.gov.au/services/solarclim/wms/data/annClim_gloHorExp1Day.nc?service=WMS&version=1.3.0&request=GetCapabilities] (OGC:WMS-1.3.0-http-get-capabilities) , Function: information
Connection Point: Solar Climatology - Annual climatology of daily exposure (Direct Normal Exposure) - Web Map Service [http://neii.bom.gov.au/services/solarclim/wms/data/annClim_dirNorExp1Day.nc?service=WMS&version=1.3.0&request=GetCapabilities] (OGC:WMS-1.3.0-http-get-capabilities) , Function: information
Name: Catalog
DCP: WebServices
Connection Point: Solar Climatology - Solar Climatology data products - OPeNDAP (XML) [http://neii.bom.gov.au/services/solarclim/catalog.xml] (WWW:LINK-1.0-http--opendap) , Function: information
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Data Information

Data Distribution Information

DownloadableData : Solar Climatology - Monthly-hourly climatology of hourly exposure (Global Horizontal Exposure) - WMS [http://neii.bom.gov.au/services/solarclim/wms/data/monClim_gloHorExp1Hou.nc?service=WMS&version=1.3.0&request=GetCapabilities] (OGC:WMS-1.3.0-http-get-capabilities)
DownloadableData : Solar Climatology - Monthly-hourly climatology of hourly exposure (Direct Normal Exposure) - WMS [http://neii.bom.gov.au/services/solarclim/wms/data/monClim_dirNorExp1Hou.nc?service=WMS&version=1.3.0&request=GetCapabilities] (OGC:WMS-1.3.0-http-get-capabilities)
DownloadableData : Solar Climatology - Monthly climatology of daily exposure (Global Horizontal Exposure) - WMS [http://neii.bom.gov.au/services/solarclim/wms/data/monClim_gloHorExp1Day.nc?service=WMS&version=1.3.0&request=GetCapabilities] (OGC:WMS-1.3.0-http-get-capabilities)
DownloadableData : Solar Climatology - Monthly climatology of daily exposure (Direct Normal Exposure) - WMS [http://neii.bom.gov.au/services/solarclim/wms/data/monClim_dirNorExp1Day.nc?service=WMS&version=1.3.0&request=GetCapabilities] (OGC:WMS-1.3.0-http-get-capabilities)
DownloadableData : Solar Climatology - Annual climatology of daily exposure (Global Horizontal Exposure) - WMS [http://neii.bom.gov.au/services/solarclim/wms/data/annClim_gloHorExp1Day.nc?service=WMS&version=1.3.0&request=GetCapabilities] (OGC:WMS-1.3.0-http-get-capabilities)
DownloadableData : Solar Climatology - Annual climatology of daily exposure (Direct Normal Exposure) - WMS [http://neii.bom.gov.au/services/solarclim/wms/data/annClim_dirNorExp1Day.nc?service=WMS&version=1.3.0&request=GetCapabilities] (OGC:WMS)
DownloadableData : Solar Climatology - Solar Climatology data products - OPeNDAP (XML) [http://neii.bom.gov.au/services/solarclim/catalog.xml] (WWW:LINK-1.0-http--opendap)
Point of truth URL of this metadata record [http://www.bom.gov.au/metadata/19115/ANZCW0503900428] (www link) , Function: information

Data Quality

Scope:
Level: dataset
Lineage:
Statement: The Bureau of Meteorology uses a model of the interaction of solar radiation with the atmosphere to derive gridded estimates of the radiation (irradiance) at the surface from data from geostationary meteorological satellites and ancillary data on the atmospheric composition. High quality surface-based observations from the Bureau’s radiation network are used to reduce the biases and assess the uncertainty of the satellite radiation estimates. The solar climatologies are derived from the bias corrected, satellite derived irradiances. Reference: Weymouth G.T. and Le Marshall J.F. 2001. Estimate of daily surface solar exposure using GMS-5 stretched-VISSR observations. The system and basic results. Aust. Meteor. Mag., 50, 263-278

Reference System

Code: WGS 1984
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Metadata Information

Metadata Identifier: ANZCW0503900428