Hello everyone, please i need help with how to obtain hourly global solar radiation data from ERA5 dataset.
The hourly data you are looking for can be found here:
However, global solar radiation needs some clarification. Under the Download tab and the fold-out of Radiation and Heat are the listed parameters within ERA5:
Make sure to select the one you want there! Indepth descriptions of each parameter listed here can be found at: ERA5: data documentation - Copernicus Knowledge Base - ECMWF Confluence Wiki
What I mean by global solar radiation is the global horizontal irradiance, please how can I obtain it from the era5 radiation dataset
Hi Christian,
I think you will need Surface Solar Radiation Downwards (this is the downward component of direct & diffuse solar radiation). As I found in the documentation:
https://codes.ecmwf.int/grib/param-db/169
Hope this helps!
Yes it does, thank you for your help