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    • Hourly solar radiation in Langleys and three-digit data-source flag associated with the data, January 1, 1948 - September 30, 2015

    Metadata Updated: July 6, 2024

    The text file "Solar radiation.txt" contains hourly data and associated data-source flag from January 1, 1948, to September 30, 2015. The primary source of the data is the Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois. The first four columns give year, month, day and hour of the observation. Column 5 is the data in Langleys. Column 6 is the three-digit data-source flag to identify the solar radiation data processing and they indicate if the data are original or missing, the method that was used to fill the missing periods, and any other transformations of the data. Bera (2014) describes in detail an addition of a new flag based on the regression analysis of the backup data series at St. Charles (STC) for water years (WY) 2008–10. The user of the data should consult Over and others (2010) and Bera (2014) for the detailed documentation of this hourly data-source flag series.
    Reference Cited:
    Over, T.M., Price, T.H., and Ishii, A.L., 2010, Development and analysis of a meteorological database, Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois: U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 2010-1220, 67 p., http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1220/. Bera, M., 2014, Watershed Data Management (WDM) database for Salt Creek streamflow simulation, DuPage County, Illinois, water years 2005-11: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 870, 18 p., http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ds870.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Metadata Created Date May 31, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date July 6, 2024

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date May 31, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date July 6, 2024
    Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
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    Category geospatial
    Public Access Level public
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    Metadata Type geospatial
    Publisher Hierarchy White House > U.S. Department of the Interior > U.S. Geological Survey
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 9002144928368145950e9992293cf49a92914c4f3ee05bd9bc8728b2186ab9a4
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