Australian Monthly Average Hourly Global and Direct Normal Solar Exposure Gridded Data
At a glance
These solar exposure grids show the monthly average hourly global and direct normal solar exposure across Australia.
Product details
The Australian hourly global and direct normal solar exposure gridded data USB contains:
- Monthly average hourly global and direct normal gridded solar exposure data for the period 1995 to 2011 (18 grids per month);
- Metadata (information about the data) for the grids
Format
Data is provided on USB, comprising files in the following formats:
- Monthly average hourly gridded data files in ASCII grid-point format (2-dimensional regular array) with self-describing header;
- Notes and metadata as pdf and text files
Cost
Please send an email to climatedata@bom.gov.au for solar data costs.
Download a sample
Sample files are available for download:
Product metadata
The following metadata summary, and detailed metadata file, provide information about the gridded datasets. For example, information is provided about the format, spatial extents and analysis techniques used to generate the grids.
| Title | Monthly average hourly global and direct normal solar exposure data |
| Description | Monthly average hourly global and direct normal solar exposure grids. The grids show the solar exposure values across Australia in the form of a two-dimensional array. |
| Custodian | Bureau of Meteorology |
| Geographic extent name(s) | Australia |
| Beginning/end dates | Average over the period 1995 to 2011 |
| Update frequency | This product is no longer being updated. Please check ournew solar product for more recent data. |
| Scale/resolution | The resolution of the data is 0.05 degrees (approximately 5km) |
Orders and further information
To order this product, please submit via our Data requests & Enquiries page.
For further information, please contact - Climate Information Services: 1300 754 389, option 3
Copyright
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Please note that the copyright for any data supplied for the Bureau of Meteorology is held in the Commonwealth of Australia and the purchaser shall give acknowledgement of the source in reference to the data. Apart from dealings under the Copyright Act 1968, the purchaser shall not reproduce (electronically or otherwise), modify or supply (by sale or otherwise) these data without written permission from the supplier. |
