Solar Irradiance for Victoria

dataset: SOLAR_IRRADIANCE
The solar resource has been mapped on a 5 km x 5 km grid across Victoria, with the lowest achievable uncertainty (or error), for the following five components (or measures) of solar irradiance: - global horizontal irradiance (GHI) - global irradiance on a north facing plane inclined at latitude angle (GTI) - global irradiance on a 2 axis tracking normal plane (GNI) - direct beam irradiance (DNI) - diffuse horizontal irradiance (Diff). The data has been reformatted to include values for annual average as well as seasonal variations from data supplied by Hydro Electric Corporation trading as Entura The methodology is contained within the report prepared by Entura which is downloadable here: <a href=&#09;http://er-info.dpi.vic.gov.au/publications/documentation/geovic_3/energy_division/E300128-TR01%20Solar%20Atlas%20Victoria%20(public%20release)%20with%20calibration%20certificates.pdf&#09;>Solar Atlas Report</a> <a href=&#09;http://er-info.dpi.vic.gov.au/publications/gis/energy_division/solar_irradiance.zip&#09;>Solar Atlas - Solar Irradiance Data - esri shapefile download</a> Departmental contact: Dr. Adrian Panow Director, Energy Investment Department of Primary Industries - Victoria Ph: 9658 4140 Email: Adrian.Panow@dpi.vic.gov.au
 
Citation proposal Citation proposal

(2022)

Solar Irradiance for Victoria

Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action

Description

Title
Solar Irradiance for Victoria 
Alternate title
SOLAR_IRRADIANCE 
Resource Type
Dataset 
Purpose
To provide spatial representation for Solar Atlas in Geovic. 
Credit
DPI makes no representations or warranties about the accuracy, reliability, completeness, or suitability for any particular purpose of the data. By using the data you agree that DPI is under no liability for any loss or damage (including consequential dam 
Supplemental Information
Related Documents: None 
Status
Completed 
 
 

Temporal

Time period
2012-06-012012-06-01 
 
 

Spatial

Spatial representation type
Vector 
Code
4283 
Description
General - Victoria 
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Maintenance

Maintenance and update frequency
Irregular 
 
 

Contacts

  Point of contact

Cited responsible party

No information provided.

Cited responsible party

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Cited responsible party

No information provided.
 
 

Keywords

Topic category
  • Utilities communication
 
 

Resource constraints

Use limitation
Disclaimer and indemnity: DPI makes no representations or warranties about the accuracy, reliability, completeness, or suitability for any particular purpose of the data. By using the data you agree that DPI is under no liability for any loss or damage (including consequential damage) that you may suffer from use of the data. Further, you agree to continually indemnify the State of Victoria and DPI and their officers and employees against any loss, cost, expense, damage and liability of any kind (including consequential damage) arising directly or indirectly from or related to any claim relating to your use of the data or any product made from the data. 
Classification
Unclassified 
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC-BY)
 
 

Lineage

Statement
Dataset Source: Solar radiation data derived from satellite imagery processed by the Bureau of Meteorology from the Geostationary Meteorological Satellite and MTSAT series operated by Japan Meteorological Agency and from GOES-9 operated by the National Oceanographic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for the Japan Meteorological Agency. Dataset Originality: Derived 
Description
see Dave Higgins p00401 R:\p_gsv\projects\SolarAtlas\Solar Atlas Metadata - data creation steps.doc 
 
 

Metadata Constraints Metadata Constraints

Classification
Unclassified 
 
 

Quality

Attribute Quality
Comments
The accuracy of the satellite-based values is estimated by comparison with 1-minute averaged measurements from Bureau of Meteorology surface-based instruments. The mean bias difference (average of the satellite - surface difference), calculated on an annual basis across all surface sites, is -7 to +50 W/m2 and typically around +30 W/m2. This is +5% of the mean irradiance of around 540 W/m2. The root mean square difference, calculated on a similar basis, is around 150 W/m2, which is 30% of the mean irradiance. 
 
Positional Accuracy
Comments
The satellite data on which the analyses were based have an associated resolution and typical accuracy of 0.01 degrees. 
 
Conceptual Consistency
Comments
Not applicable 
 
Missing Data
Comments
Complete Completeness Verification: Metadata Custodian Review Frequency: yearly Metadata Last Reviewed by Custodian: May 2012 
 
Excess Data
Comments
classified. 
 
 
 

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