The global radiation observation data contain hourly and daily radiation amounts, including those no longer being reported. The measurements of global solar irradiation amount, diffuse solar irradiation amount, direct irradiation amount, irradiation balance amount, and global horizontal illumination are recorded by observation stations worldwide and transmitted within SYNOP, HCM, AWSHRLY, MODLERAD, ESAWRADT and DRADR35 messages. The data span from 1947 to present.
2017-04-12 Night time radiation values have been found to be suspect. Users are advised not to make use of these values. 2017-04-12 Night time radiation values have been found to be suspect. Users are advised not to make use of these values.
Use of these data is covered by the following licence: http://licences.ceda.ac.uk/image/data_access_condition/ukmo_agreement.pdf. When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record.
Data collated by the Met Office and archived in the Met Office's MIDAS database. Data are extracted from a sub-set of available tables and delivered to BADC approximately on a monthly basis as flat files.
DIRECTSOLARIRRADIATIONAMOUNT
GLOBALSOLARIRRADIATIONAMOUNT
HOURLYSUNSHINE
SOLARIRRADIANCE
SUNSHINE
SUNSHINEAMOUNT
| 90.0000° | ||||
| -180.0000° | 180.0000° | |||
| -90.0000° |
