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    • National Climate Database (NCDB)

    Metadata Updated: October 10, 2024

    The National Climate Database (NCDB) is a high resolution, bias-corrected climate dataset consisting of the three most widely used variables of solar radiation- global horizontal (GHI), direct normal (DNI), and diffuse horizontal irradiance (DHI)- as well as other meteorological data. The goal of the NCDB is to provide unbiased high temporal and spatial resolution climate data needed for renewable energy modeling.

    The NCDB is modeled using a statistical downscaling approach with Regional Climate Model (RCM)-based climate projections obtained from the North American Coordinated Regional Climate Downscaling Experiment (NA-CORDEX; linked below). Daily climate projections simulated by the Canadian Regional Climate Model 4 (CanRCM4) forced by the second-generation Canadian Earth System Model (CanESM2) for two Representative Concentration Pathways (RCP4.5 or moderate emissions scenario and RCP8.5 or highest baseline emission scenario) are selected as inputs to the statistical downscaling models. The National Solar Radiation Database (NSRDB) is used to build and calibrate statistical models.

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: Creative Commons Attribution

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date October 1, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date October 10, 2024

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from OpenEI data.json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date October 1, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date October 10, 2024
    Publisher National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
    Maintainer
    Doi 10.25984/2460455
    Identifier https://data.openei.org/submissions/6163
    Data First Published 2024-09-30T06:00:00Z
    Data Last Modified 2024-10-09T15:38:37Z
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 019:20
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    Data Quality True
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    Harvest Source Title OpenEI data.json
    Homepage URL https://data.openei.org/submissions/6163
    License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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    Program Code 019:000, 019:008
    Projectnumber 38406
    Projecttitle NSRDB
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