Review Article
Open-Source Satellite-Derived Solar Resource Databases Comparison and Validation for Indonesia
Table 1
The general summary of open-source satellite-derived solar resource database for Indonesia.
| | SARAH-E | SolarGIS |
| Spatial resolution | 0.05 | 0.0025 | Temporal resolution | Hourly | Monthly average (free edition) | Spatial coverage | 40 S-62 30′ N, 65 W-128 E | Global | Temporal coverage | 1999–2016 | 1999–2016/2007–2016 (average) | Derivation algorithm | MAGICSOL | SolarGIS algorithm | Satellite | METEOSAT by EUMETSAT | METEOSAT, GOES, and Himawari | Database access | https://wui.cmsaf.eu/ | https://solargis.com/maps-and-gis-data/download/indonesia |
| | POWER | CLARA-A2 |
| Spatial resolution | 1 | 0.25 | Temporal resolution | Hourly | Daily | Spatial coverage | Global | Global | Temporal coverage | 1983–present | 1982–2015 | Derivation algorithm | LPSA, CERES-2 cloud property retrieval MAGIC, and SAFNWC | | Satellite | Aqua and terra by NASA | POES by NOAA and EUMETSAT | Database access | https://power.larc.nasa.gov/ | https://wui.cmsaf.eu/ |
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