Where does the solar radiation data come from? How do you create your data?

Where does the solar radiation data come from? How do you create your data?

Introduction

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Getting Started

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User Guides
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Solcast Products

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Live and Forecast
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Historic
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Grid Aggregations
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Typical Meteorological Year (TMY)
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Geographic Horizon Angles

Modelling

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Explaining Terms

Resolution and Accuracy

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Solcast API

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Documentation
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Third Party Applications

Hobbyists and Researchers

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Home Hobbyist Accounts
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Researchers and Academic Accounts

Troubleshooting and FAQs

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Useful Links

Postman API (Spec) Documentation

Python SDK

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Solcast models used to produce solar irradiance data

Discover weather satellites, radiation algorithms and high quality cloud cover analytics

Learn more about where the solar radiation data in our API comes from. Read it here: https://solcast.com/solar-radiation-data/inputs-and-algorithms/