How do I find more information about POWER?
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2020 12:36 pm America/New_York
What are the spatial and temporal resolutions of POWER data?
The solar data was initially produced on a 1° x 1° global grid and then re-gridded via data replication to a 0.5° x 0.5° latitude and longitude global grid. The meteorology data was initially produced on a 1/2° x 2/3° global grid and then re-gridded via bi-linearly interpolation to a 0.5° x 0.5° latitude and longitude global grid. The solar data was initially produced on 3-hourly time increments which are averaged to provide daily values. The daily averaged values are used to calculate climatologically averaged monthly values. The meteorology data was initially produced on 1-hourly time increments which are averaged to provided daily values. The daily averaged values are used to calculate climatologically averaged monthly values.
Further information and documentation relevant to POWER can be found on the NASA POWER Docs website here:
https://power.larc.nasa.gov/docs/