Solar Resource: Meteosat Prime Meridian PSM v4

There are two datasets that use the NSRDB Meteosat Prime Meridian PSM v4 API calls:

• "meteosat_solar_v4_api"

• "meteosat_tmy_solar_v4_api"

  • supports solar resource data for typical meteorological year (TMY), typical global horizontal irradiance year (TGY), and typical direct normal irradiance year (TDY)

These datasets allow for resource data to be downloaded for locations within Africa and Europe.

Model	Temporal resolution	Spatial resolution	Years covered	Regions	Website
meteosat_solar_v4_api	15, 30, 60 min	4 km	2005-2022	Africa and Europe	Meteosat Prime Meridian
meteosat_tmy_solar_v4_api	60 min	4 km	2022 or 2014, for tmy, tdy and tgy	Africa and Europe	Meteosat Prime Meridian TMY, Meteosat Prime Meridian TGY, and Meteosat Prime Meridian TDY

Note

For the meteosat_tmy_solar_v4_api model, the resource_year should be specified as a string formatted as tdy-yyyy or tgy-yyy or tmy-yyyy where yyyy is the year is either 2014 or 2022.

Available Data

Resource Data	Included
wind_direction	X
wind_speed	X
temperature	X
pressure	X
relative_humidity	X
ghi	X
dhi	X
dni	X
clearsky_ghi	X
clearsky_dhi	X
clearsky_dni	X
dew_point	X
surface_albedo	X
solar_zenith_angle	X
snow_depth	X
precipitable_water	X

Additional Data	Included
site_id	X
site_lat	X
site_lon	X
elevation	X
site_tz	X
data_tz	X
filepath	X
year	X
month	X
day	X
hour	X
minute	X