Subject: Solar radiation data search

From: [email-masked] (Christopher William Doig)
Date: 6 Jul 1995 12:27:13 -0700

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory(NREL) is sponsoring a 
search to locate as many good quality, broadband solar radiation 
monitoring sites as possible in the US  The data will be used for many 
purposes including validation for a computer model that NREL is 
developing that can make a complete 40 km grid of solar irradiance data 
throughout the entire US, Mexico, and the Caribbean given existing cloud 
cover measurements.

	NREL is also going to catalog all sources of solar radiation data 
regardless of quality.  This catalog will also include data not included 
in the data grid validation project.

	NREL also plans on making the information, both modeled and 
measured, available to the public.  If a source is against giving its 
data out through this method, it can be arranged for the data to be 
limited to only the computer model validation.  The information will be 
available on the Internet when it has been collected and catalogued.
	
	I am trying to locate as many sites as possible in the states of 
Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, North and South Dakota, Nebraska, 
Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Alaska, and Nevada.  I am just trying to 
discover potential sources for the solar data.  NREL will assess the data 
to see if it fits their needs.

	The information we are seeking most actively is from sites that 
measure two or three broadband solar irradiance components.  (i.e. total 
global horizontal, direct normal, and/or diffuse horizontal.)  Also we 
have several questions to ask about the site or sites to help determine 
the quality of the data.

	We are trying to find several sites in each state, so if you know 
of anyone who is monitoring solar radiation for any purpose let us know.  

	You can contact me at [email-masked] or phone (503)347-4745.
		Snail mail at
		Chris Doig
		Solar Monitoring
		Physics Department
		1274 Univ. of Oregon
		Eugene,  OR  97403

	Any help is appreciated.