Insolation Data Links

Ground-based measurements

IPCC DDC Baseline Climate Data

http://ipcc-ddc.cru.uea.ac.uk/ddc_visualisation.html

World Radiation Data Centre

http://wrdc-mgo.nrel.gov/

Baseline Surface Radiation Network (BSRN)
World Radiation Monitoring Center (WRMC)

http://bsrn.ethz.ch/

National Climatic Data Center (USA)

http://nndc.noaa.gov/

Meteonorm (commercial):

http://www.meteotest.ch/en/mn_home?w=ber

International Solar Irradiation Database, U. Massachusetts-Lowell:

http://energy.caeds.eng.uml.edu/solbase.html

Satellite-derived data

NASA Surface Meteorology and Solar Energy:

http://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/sse/

interfaces to RETScreen free modelling program:
http://www.retscreen.net/

SeaWiFS Surface Solar Irradiance:

http://www.giss.nasa.gov/data/seawifs/

International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project:

http://isccp.giss.nasa.gov/

Australian

Australian Solar Radiation Data Handbook and AUSOLRAD (commercial):

https://anzses.sslaccess.com/Bookshop.html

Bureau of Meteorology

http://www.bom.gov.au/sat/solrad.shtml
http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/
http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/climatology/sunshine_hours/sunhrs.shtml

ANUCLIM:

http://cres.anu.edu.au/outputs/climatesurfaces/creswww.pdf
http://cres.anu.edu.au/outputs/anuclim.html

UNSW Centre for PV Engineering:

Opportunities for the Use of Building Integrated Photovoltaics in NSW

Muriel Watt, John Kaye, Dean Travers, Iain MacGill
Photovoltaics Special Research Centre, UNSW

Deo Prasad, P.C.Thomas, Liz Fox, SOLARCH, UNSW
Serryn Jansen, Allen, Allen & Hemsley.

Graphics of Energy Production
(kWh/m^2/day) as a Function of Orientation and Tilt
Angle for Canberra: Annual and by Month.

Annual  January February March April May June July August September October November December

European

Satel-Light:

http://www.satel-light.com/core.htm

Helioclim:

http://www.helioclim.net/index.html

SoDa:

http://www.soda-is.com/

European Solar Radiation Atlas

http://www.ensmp.fr/Fr/Services/PressesENSMP/Collections/ScTerEnv/Livres/atlas_tome1.htm
http://www.ensmp.fr/Fr/Services/PressesENSMP/Collections/ScTerEnv/Livres/atlas_tome2.htm

Hong Kong

http://www.weather.gov.hk/wxinfo/climat/normals.htm

USA

U. Wisconsin Solar Energy Lab:

http://sel.me.wisc.edu/trnsys/

Regional:
NREL:

http://rredc.nrel.gov/solar/

Integrated Surface Irradiance Study:

http://www.atdd.noaa.gov/isis.htm

References:

J. C. Lam and D. H. W. Li, "Study of solar radiation data for Hong Kong," Energy Conservation & Management, vol. 37, pp. 343-351, 1996.

T. Lee, D. Oppenheim, and T. J. Williamson, Australian Solar Radiation Data Handbook. Canberra: Energy Research and Development Corporation, 1995.

G. O. Lof, J. A. Duffie, and C. O. Smith, World Distribution of Solar Radiation. Madison: Solar Energy Laboratory, University of Wisconsin, 1996.

J. D. Garrison, "A program for calculation of solar energy collection by fixed and tracking collectors," Solar Energy, vol. 73, pp. 241-255, 2002.

J. Page, M. Albuisson, and L. Wald, "The European Solar Radiation Atlas: A valuable digital tool," Solar Energy, vol. 71, pp. 81-3, 2001.

R. N. Chapman, "The synthesis of solar radiation data for sizing stand-alone photovoltaic systems," presented at IEEE Photovoltaics Specialists Conference, 1990, pp. 965-70.

T. A. Reddy, The design and sizing of active solar thermal systems. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1987 (Appendix D).

Sandia National Laboratories, Stand-alone photovoltaic systems. A handbook of recommended design practices (SAND87-7023), 1991.

M. Nunez, "Satellite estimation of regional solar energy statistics for Australian capital cities," Bureau of Meteorology Meteorological Study No. 39, Feb. 1990.

W. Marion and R. George, "Calculation of solar radiation using a methodology with worldwide potential," Solar Energy, vol. 71, pp. 275-83, 2001.

H. Power, "Estimating clear-sky beam irradiation from sunshine duration," Solar Energy, vol. 71, pp. 217-24, 2001.