Developed by SOLARGIS (https://solargis.com) and provided by the Global Solar Atlas (GSA), this data resource contains direct normal irradiation (DNI) in kWh/m² covering the globe. Data is provided in a geographic spatial reference (EPSG:4326). The resolution (pixel size) of solar resource data (GHI, DIF, GTI, DNI) is 9 arcsec (nominally 250 m), PVOUT and TEMP 30 arcsec (nominally 1 km) and OPTA 2 arcmin (nominally 4 km).
The data is hyperlinked under 'resources' with the following characteristics:
DNI - LTAy_AvgDailyTotals (GeoTIFF)
Data format: GEOTIFF
File size : 343.99 MB
There are two temporal representation of solar resource and PVOUT data available:
• Longterm yearly/monthly average of daily totals (LTAym_AvgDailyTotals)
• Longterm average of yearly/monthly totals (LTAym_YearlyMonthlyTotals)
Both type of data are equivalent, you can select the summarization of your preference. The relation between datasets is described by simple equations:
• LTAy_YearlyTotals = LTAy_DailyTotals * 365.25
• LTAy_MonthlyTotals = LTAy_DailyTotals * Number_of_Days_In_The_Month
For individual country or regional data downloads please see: https://globalsolaratlas.info/download (use the drop-down menu to select country or region of interest)
For data provided in AAIGrid please see: https://globalsolaratlas.info/download/world.
For more information and terms of use, please, read metadata, provided in PDF and XML format for each data layer in a download file. For other data formats, resolution or time aggregation, please, visit Solargis website. Data can be used for visualization, further processing, and geo-analysis in all mainstream GIS software with raster data processing capabilities (such as open source QGIS, commercial ESRI ArcGIS products and others).