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| Main Variable Names | NetCDF Units | Description | |
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| BHI | Wh m-2 | All-sky direct (beam)Direct horizontal all sky irradiation, i.e., the direct part of the surface solar downward irradiation integrated over the whole spectrum available at ground level, on a horizontal surface | |
| BNI | Wh m-2 | All-sky direct (beam) normal IrradiationDirect normal all sky irradiation. Part of the radiation that is received from the direction of the sun by a plane facing the sun. | |
| DHI | Wh m-2 | All-Diffuse horizontal all sky | diffuseirradiation, i.e., the diffuse part of the surface solar downward irradiation integrated over the whole spectrum available at ground level, on a horizontal surface. |
| GHI | Wh m-2 | All-Global horizontal all sky | globalirradiation, i.e., the surface solar downward irradiation integrated over the whole spectrum available at ground level, on a horizontal surface. |
| BHIc | Wh m-2 | Direct horizontal clear sky irradiation | |
| BNIc | Wh m-2 | Direct normal clear sky irradiation. | |
| DHIc | Wh m-2 | Diffuse horizontal clear sky irradiation | |
| GHIc | Wh m-2 | Global horizontal clear sky irradiation |
Expert mode variables
For expert users, all input and output variables are provided in the ‘detailed info expert output mode’. It can only be retrieved when requesting 1 min resolved time series from the Atmosphere Data Store. Besides the standard outputs, it provides:
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Schroedter-Homscheidt, M., Azam, F., Betcke, J., Hanrieder, N., Lefèvre, M., Saboret, L., Saint-Drenan, Y.-M.: Surface solar irradiation retrieval from MSG/SEVIRI based on APOLLO Next Generation and HELIOSAT-4 methods, Contrib. Atm. Sci./Meteorol. Z.,2022, doi:10.1127/metz/2022/1132.
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