Global horizontal irradiance from WRF-Solar and NSRDB over CONUS
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NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research
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National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Description
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:
- Ensure reproducibility of results in the article above
- Provide a reference WRF-Solar simulation and adequate observations over an extended period to continue improving the WRF-Solar performance
Notes
Related Links
WRF-Solar Ensemble Prediction System :
SpatioTemporal Characteristics
Longitude West Boundary: -135.0
Longitude East Boundary: -60.0
Latitude South Boundary: 20.0
Latitude North Boundary: 55.0
Temporal Range Start: 2018-01-01
Temporal Range End: 2018-12-31
Spatial Resolution: 9.0 kilometer
Temporal Resolution: 30.0 minute
Files
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Additional details
Related works
- Is cited by
- Journal article: 10.1175/JAMC-D-21-0090.1 (DOI)
- Is part of
- Other: https://ral.ucar.edu/solutions/products/wrf-solar-eps (URL)
Dates
- Valid
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2018-01-01/2018-12-31