CAMS gridded solar radiation

This dataset provides historical values of global, direct and diffuse solar
irradiation, as well as direct normal irradiation, on a latitude/longitude grid
covering land surfaces and coastal areas of Europe, Africa, Oceania, Eastern
South America, the Middle East and South-East Asia. It is created from 15 minute
resolved timeseries at each grid point. These timeseries were calculated by the
CAMS Solar Radiation Time Series Service and use information on aerosol, ozone
and water vapour from the CAMS global forecasting system. Other properties, such
as ground albedo and ground elevation, are also taken into account. Data is
provided for both clear-sky and observed cloud conditions. For cloudy conditions
high-resolution cloud information is directly inferred from satellite
observations provided by the Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) and Himawari 8
satellites. It is the Himawari satellite that provides the Asian coverage, which
is only available from 2016 and v4.6 (rev2) onwards.
The aim of the dataset is to fulfil the needs of European and national policy
development and the requirements of both commercial and public downstream
services, e.g. for planning, monitoring, efficiency improvements and the
integration of solar energy systems into energy supply grids.
Data is offered in monthly netCDF formatted files.