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NASA/POWER CERES/MERRA2 Native Resolution Climatology Climatologies

20-year Meteorological and Solar Monthly & Annual Climatologies (January 2001 -
December 2020)
Location: Latitude 40.76 Longitude -73.984
Elevation from MERRA-2: Average for 0.5 x 0.625 degree lat/lon region = 75.84
meters
The value for missing source data that cannot be computed or is outside of the
sources availability range: -999
Parameter(s):
ALLSKY_KT SRB V4/CERES SYN1deg All Sky Insolation
Clearness Index (dimensionless)
CLRSKY_KT SRB V4/CERES SYN1deg Clear Sky Insolation
Clearness Index (dimensionless)
ALLSKY_SRF_ALB SRB V4/CERES SYN1deg All Sky Surface
Albedo (dimensionless)
ALLSKY_SFC_SW_DNI SRB V4/CERES SYN1deg All Sky Surface
Shortwave Downward Direct Normal Irradiance (kW-hr/m^2/day)
ALLSKY_SFC_SW_DWN SRB V4/CERES SYN1deg All Sky Surface
Shortwave Downward Irradiance (kW-hr/m^2/day)
CLRSKY_SFC_SW_DWN SRB V4/CERES SYN1deg Clear Sky Surface
Shortwave Downward Irradiance (kW-hr/m^2/day)
ALLSKY_SFC_SW_DIFF SRB V4/CERES SYN1deg All Sky Surface
Shortwave Diffuse Irradiance (kW-hr/m^2/day)
ALLSKY_SFC_SW_DNI_MAX SRB V4/CERES SYN1deg All Sky Surface
Shortwave Downward Direct Normal Irradiance Maximum (kW-hr/m^2/day)
ALLSKY_SFC_SW_DNI_MIN SRB V4/CERES SYN1deg All Sky Surface
Shortwave Downward Direct Normal Irradiance Minimum (kW-hr/m^2/day)
ALLSKY_SFC_SW_DIFF_MAX SRB V4/CERES SYN1deg All Sky Surface
Shortwave Diffuse Irradiance Maximum (kW-hr/m^2/day)
ALLSKY_SFC_SW_DIFF_MIN SRB V4/CERES SYN1deg All Sky Surface
Shortwave Diffuse Irradiance Minimum (kW-hr/m^2/day)
SI_EF_TILTED_SURFACE_HORIZONTAL SRB V4/CERES SYN1deg Solar Irradiance for
Equator Facing Horizontal Surface (kW-hr/m^2/day)
SI_EF_TILTED_SURFACE_LAT_MINUS15 SRB V4/CERES SYN1deg Solar Irradiance for
Equator Facing Latitude Minus 15 Tilt (kW-hr/m^2/day)
SI_EF_TILTED_SURFACE_LATITUDE SRB V4/CERES SYN1deg Solar Irradiance for
Equator Facing Latitude Tilt (kW-hr/m^2/day)
SI_EF_TILTED_SURFACE_LAT_PLUS15 SRB V4/CERES SYN1deg Solar Irradiance for
Equator Facing Latitude Plus 15 Tilt (kW-hr/m^2/day)
SI_EF_TILTED_SURFACE_VERTICAL SRB V4/CERES SYN1deg Solar Irradiance for
Equator Facing Vertical Surface (kW-hr/m^2/day)
SI_EF_TILTED_SURFACE_OPTIMAL SRB V4/CERES SYN1deg Solar Irradiance
Optimal (kW-hr/m^2/day)
SI_EF_TILTED_SURFACE_OPTIMAL_ANG SRB V4/CERES SYN1deg Solar Irradiance
Optimal Angle (Degrees)
SI_EF_TILTED_SURFACE_OPTIMAL_ANG_ORT SRB V4/CERES SYN1deg Solar Irradiance
Tilted Surface Orientation (N/S Orientation)
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PARAMETER JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL
AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANN
ALLSKY_KT 0.46 0.50 0.51 0.52 0.51 0.53 0.55
0.54 0.54 0.49 0.48 0.44 0.52
CLRSKY_KT 0.67 0.69 0.71 0.71 0.70 0.68 0.67
0.67 0.68 0.67 0.66 0.64 0.68
ALLSKY_SRF_ALB 0.08 0.09 0.07 0.07 0.08 0.07 0.08
0.07 0.07 0.07 0.07 0.07 0.07
ALLSKY_SFC_SW_DNI 2.81 3.57 4.33 5.08 4.99 5.31 5.46
5.23 4.85 3.85 3.20 2.45 4.26
ALLSKY_SFC_SW_DWN
5.48 4.48 3.09 2.20 1.64
CLRSKY_SFC_SW_DWN
6.73 5.62 4.20 2.98 2.40
ALLSKY_SFC_SW_DIFF
2.03 1.63 1.23 0.95 0.82
ALLSKY_SFC_SW_DNI_MAX
10.50 10.19 9.26 7.86 6.78
ALLSKY_SFC_SW_DNI_MIN
0.41 0.40 0.33 0.24 0.26
ALLSKY_SFC_SW_DIFF_MAX
3.92 3.28 2.79 2.09 1.55
ALLSKY_SFC_SW_DIFF_MIN
0.69 0.63 0.29 0.22 0.16
SI_EF_TILTED_SURFACE_HORIZONTAL
5.46 4.41 3.07 2.17 1.64 -999.0
SI_EF_TILTED_SURFACE_LAT_MINUS15
5.58 4.96 3.86 3.04 2.39 -999.0
SI_EF_TILTED_SURFACE_LATITUDE
5.23 4.91 4.02 3.31 2.66 -999.0
SI_EF_TILTED_SURFACE_LAT_PLUS15
4.65 4.59 3.97 3.40 2.77 -999.0
SI_EF_TILTED_SURFACE_VERTICAL
2.56 3.01 3.05 2.89 2.46 -999.0
SI_EF_TILTED_SURFACE_OPTIMAL
5.64 4.97 4.03 3.40 2.78 -999.0
SI_EF_TILTED_SURFACE_OPTIMAL_ANG
14.50 27.00 42.00 51.50 58.50 -999.0
SI_EF_TILTED_SURFACE_OPTIMAL_ANG_ORT
S S S S S
1.94 2.82 3.89 5.04 5.61 6.14 6.18
4.05
2.78 3.92 5.44 6.87 7.71 7.90 7.55
5.35
0.92 1.21 1.51 1.82 2.19 2.38 2.32
1.59
7.61 9.13 10.39 11.45 11.74 11.42 11.39
11.74
0.26 0.28 0.31 0.34 0.47 0.44 0.48
0.24
1.91 2.35 3.13 3.72 4.21 4.11 4.25
4.25
0.16 0.29 0.29 0.47 0.80 0.74 0.93
0.16
1.93 2.75 3.85 5.02 5.58 6.08 6.13
2.76 3.56 4.53 5.32 5.50 5.81 5.93
3.04 3.77 4.58 5.10 5.06 5.24 5.39
3.15 3.78 4.39 4.63 4.41 4.47 4.63
2.75 3.03 3.12 2.75 2.29 2.14 2.27
3.15 3.80 4.59 5.33 5.66 6.10 6.17
54.00 45.50 33.50 19.50 10.00 3.00 5.00
S S S S S S S