DWD Solar & Atmospheric Radiation
Hourly global, diffuse, and atmospheric radiation (J/cm²) plus sunshine duration from DWD stations
Overview
- License
- GeoNutzV 2013
- Update frequency
- hourly
- Coverage start
- —
- Coverage end
- Ongoing
- API access
- No
- Python SDK
- Yes
- Geography
- DE
GeoNutzV 2013
This German federal regulation grants free access to and use of federal geodata for commercial and non-commercial purposes. Attribution to the originating federal authority is required. Redistribution and adaptation of the data are permitted.
Schema preview
| Column | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| utc_time | timestamptz | Observation hour (UTC) |
| global_radiation_j_cm2 | numeric | Global horizontal irradiance (J/cm²) |
| sunshine_min | numeric | Sunshine duration (minutes) |
| atmo_radiation_j_cm2 | numeric | Atmospheric downwelling radiation (J/cm²) |
| diffuse_radiation_j_cm2 | numeric | Diffuse sky radiation (J/cm²) |
About DWD (CDC)
National Weather Service · Germany
The Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD) is Germany's national meteorological service, and its Climate Data Centre (CDC) is the authoritative open-data archive for German weather and climate observations. It covers the entire territory of Germany through a dense network of surface stations and publishes historical observations (temperature, precipitation, wind, radiation, and more) as well as gridded climatological products. Data is available free of charge via FTP and an open-data portal.
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