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:
https://gsv.vic.gov.au/downloader/Downloader?ID=documentation/geovic_3/energy_division/E300128-TR01%20Solar%20Atlas%20Victoria%20(public%20release)%20with%20calibration%20certificates.pdf
Departmental contact:
Dr. Adrian Panow
Director, Energy Investment
Department of Primary Industries - Victoria
Ph: 9658 4140
Email: Adrian.Panow@dpi.vic.gov.au
Search Words:
Utilities communication
Publication Date:
06 April 2018
Dataset Status:
Complete
Completeness Verification: Metadata Custodian Review Frequency: yearly
Metadata Last Reviewed by Custodian: May 2012
Progress:
Completed
Access Constraint:
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC-BY)
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Data Existence:
Metadata Name
Descriptions
Resource Name:
SOLAR_IRRADIANCE
Title:
Solar Irradiance for Victoria
Anzlic ID:
ANZVI0803004712
Custodian:
Owner:
Jurisdiction:
Victoria
Abstract:
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:
https://gsv.vic.gov.au/downloader/Downloader?ID=documentation/geovic_3/energy_division/E300128-TR01%20Solar%20Atlas%20Victoria%20(public%20release)%20with%20calibration%20certificates.pdf
Departmental contact:
Dr. Adrian Panow
Director, Energy Investment
Department of Primary Industries - Victoria
Ph: 9658 4140
Email: Adrian.Panow@dpi.vic.gov.au
Search Words:
Utilities communication
Purpose:
To provide spatial representation for Solar Atlas in Geovic.
Geographic Extent Polygon:
Geographic Bounding Box:
-34
141
150
-39
Beginning to Ending Date:
2012-06-01 - 2012-06-01
Maintainence and Update Frequency:
Irregular
Stored Data Format:
Available Format(s) Types:
Digital Shapefile
Positional Accuracy:
The satellite data on which the analyses were based have an associated resolution and typical accuracy of 0.01 degrees.
Attribute Accuracy:
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.
Logical Consistency:
Not applicable
Data Source:
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
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