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Africa

CAMS radiation service and CAMS McClear maps.

Yearly and monthly average maps, Global Horizontal Irradiation in all weather and in cloud-free conditions, Direct Normal Irradiation. 0.2° spatial resolution

- April 2021
Algeria
Algeria QGIS project.zip
Oct. 2015
Egypt
Egypt QGIS project.zip
Oct. 2015

Europe

CAMS radiation service and CAMS McClear maps.

Yearly and monthly average maps, Global Horizontal Irradiation in all weather and in cloud-free conditions, Direct Normal Irradiation. 0.2° spatial resolution

- April 2021
France (+Corsica)
ARMINES / MINES ParisTech / Transvalor - www.SoDa-pro.com - Jan. 2015 Jan. 2017
Lybia
Lybia_QGIS_project.zip
Dec. 2015
Mauritania
Mauritania QGIS project.zip
Oct. 2015
"Middle East": Jordan, Israel, Lebanon, and Palestine National Authority
MiddleEast_QGIS_project.zip
Dec. 2015

Madagascar

Yearly average of daily sums of global horizontal irradiation in kWh/m², averaged on the period (1985-2004). From satellite imagery, HelioClim-1 database. Download the jpeg monthly averages maps for March, June, September, and December. copyright European Commission - Mines ParisTech / Armines 2005.   2009
Moldova

Moldova_QGIS_project.zip (Coming soon)

Maps to print:
Moldova_GHI_yearlyAv_A4_300dpi.png
Moldova_GHI_yearlyAv_A3_300dpi.png

ARMINES / MINES ParisTech / Transvalor - www.soda-pro.com - Jan. 2016 Jan. 2016
Morocco
Morocco QGIS project.zip
  Oct. 2015
Namibia ARMINES / MINES ParisTech / Transvalor - www.SoDa-pro.com - Jan. 2015
  • Shapefile of borders
  • Localization of the Meteosat pixels
  • raster mask: [min_lon, min_lat, max_lon, max_lat, nb_lon, nb_lat]=[16,-36,34,-21,2160,1800]
Jan. 2015
Nigeria

Click on the image to magnify (jpeg)
Yearly average of daily sums of global horizontal irradiation in kWh/m², HelioClim-1 . PVGIS data, averaged over 1985-2004. From satellite imagery
PVGIS copyright European Commission 2002-2006 and HelioClim-1 copyright Mines ParisTech / Armines 2001-2006. - Nov. 2016
South Africa ZAF_adm0.zip
southafrica_MSG_centers.zip
mask-south-africa.zip
ARMINES / MINES ParisTech / Transvalor - www.SoDa-pro.com - Jan. 2015
  • Shapefile of borders
  • Localization of the Meteosat pixels
  • raster mask: [min_lon, min_lat, max_lon, max_lat, nb_lon, nb_lat]=[]
Jan. 2015
Syria
Syria_QGIS_project.zip
Dec. 2015
Tunisia
Tunisia QGIS project.zip
Oct. 2015
Turkey
Turkey QGIS project.zip
Jan. 2016
WORLD

Click on map to display the map in pdf format.
Yearly average map of irradiance in W/m², averaged over the period (1990-2004). Computed from satellite imagery.
ARMINES / MINES ParisTech - www.soda-pro.com - 2006 - Nov. 2016

Click on map to enlarge in png format.
Yearly mean of daily irradiation in UV (280 - 400 nm) on horizontal plane in J/cm², averaged over the period (1990-2004), expressed in J/cm². Computed from satellite imagery.
ARMINES / MINES ParisTech - www.soda-pro.com - 2006 - Nov. 2016
AFRICA

Click on the image to maximise (png)
Photovoltaic solar electricity potential in the Mediterranean basin, Africa, and Southwest Asia. Equator-oriented photovoltaic modules that are optimally-inclined to maximise yearly electricity yields. From satellite imagery.
PVGIS copyright European Commission 2001-2008 and HelioClim-1 copyright Mines ParisTech / Armines 2001-2008. - Nov. 2016

More information

Different Qgis projects were generated to fulfill the requirements of the SolarMedAtlas project. Please find below the description of the layers available in each Qgis projects.

Algeria

  • Algeria_rivers
  • Algeria_electric_lines_diva (not very reliable)
  • Algeria_electric_lines_osm (reliable)
  • Algeria_electric_lines_Transvalor (reliable)
  • Algeria_substations (Osm completed by Transvalor)
  • Algeria_cities
  • Algeria_lakes
  • Algeria_borders
  • Algeria_BNI: yearly averaged HelioClim-3 version 5 Direct Normal Irradiation map at 1km, taking into account the shadowing effect of the far horizon (SRTM). Projection: WGS84. coordinates of the upper left corner (-8.68°, 37.09°), spatial step: 0.0083° corresponding to approx. 1km, number of longitudes: 2479, number of latitudes: 2175. Image tiff in uint16, missing value: 65535
  • Algeria_GHI: idem Global Horizontal Irradiation
  • Algeria_SRTM: same bounding box as the radiation raster layers
  • Algeria_globcover: land description

Egypt

  • Egypt_rivers
  • Egypt_electric_lines (credits: Osm, Diva and Transvalor)
  • Egypt_substations (Osm completed by Transvalor)
  • Egypt_cities
  • Egypt_lakes
  • Egypt_borders
  • Egypt_BNI_horizon1: yearly averaged HelioClim-3 version 5 Direct Normal Irradiation map at 1km, taking into account the shadowing effect of the far horizon (SRTM). Projection: WGS84. coordinates of the upper left corner (-24.69°, 31.66°), spatial step: 0.0083° corresponding to approx. 1km, number of longitudes: 1466, number of latitudes: 1160. Image tiff in uint16, missing value: 65535.
  • Egypt_GHI_horizon1: idem Global Horizontal Irradiation
  • Egypt_SRTM: same bounding box as the radiation raster layers
  • Egypt_globcover: land description

France

  • Shapefile of borders
  • Localization of the centers of the Meteosat pixels in France
  • KMZ file with the locations of the Meteofrance stations measuring the Global Radiation. Download this information also in CSV file.

Lybia

  • Lybia_borders
  • Lybia_towns
  • Lybia_substations_Osm_completedby_Transvalor
  • Lybia_lakes
  • Lybia_rivers
  • Lybia_electric_lines_Diva (corrected by Transvalor, reliable)
  • Lybia_electric_lines_Osm (reliable)
  • Lybia_electric_lines_Transvalor (reliable)
  • Lybia_BNI: yearly averaged HelioClim-3 version 5 Direct Normal Irradiation map at 1km, taking into account the shadowing effect of the far horizon (SRTM). Projection: WGS84. Coordinates of the upper left corner (25.66°, 42.10°), spatial step: 0.0083° corresponding to approx. 1km, number of longitudes: 2298, number of latitudes: 754. Image tiff in uint16, missing value: 65535.
  • Lybia_GHI: idem
  • Lybia_SRTM: same bounding box as the radiation raster layers
  • Lybia_Globcover: land description
  • Lybia_slope (computed from SRTM)

Mauritania

  • Mauritania_rivers (No lakes in this country)
  • Mauritania_electric_lines_Osm (NB: the layer of electric lines from Diva was not relevant on this country)
  • Mauritania_substations
  • Mauritania_cities
  • Mauritania_borders
  • Mauritania_BNI_horizon1: yearly averaged HelioClim-3 version 5 Direct Normal Irradiation map at 1km, taking into account the shadowing effect of the far horizon (SRTM). Projection: WGS84. coordinates of the upper left corner (-17.08°, 27.29°), spatial step: 0.0083° corresponding to approx. 1km, number of longitudes: 1471, number of latitudes: 1506. Image tiff in uint16, missing value: 65535.
  • Mauritania_GHI_horizon1: idem Global Horizontal Irradiation
  • Mauritania_SRTM: same bounding box as the radiation raster layers
  • Mauritania_globcover: land description

Middle East: Jordan, Israel, Lebanon, and Palestine National Authority

  • MiddleEast_borders
  • MiddleEast_cities
  • MiddleEast_substations
  • MiddleEast_lakes
  • MiddleEast_rivers
  • MiddleEast_electric_lines_diva (not reliable)
  • MiddleEast_electric_lines_osm (reliable)
  • MiddleEast_BNI: yearly averaged HelioClim-3 version 5 Direct Normal Irradiation map at 1km, taking into account the shadowing effect of the far horizon (SRTM). Projection: WGS84. Coordinates of the upper left corner (34.20°, 34.69), spatial step: 0.0083° corresponding to approx. 1km, number of longitudes: 611, number of latitudes: 660. Image tiff in uint16, missing value: 0.
  • MiddleEast_GHI: idem
  • MiddleEast_SRTM: same bounding box as the radiation raster layers
  • MiddleEast_Globcover

 

Moldova

  • Moldova_borders
  • Romania_borders
  • Ukraine_borders
  • Moldova_cities
  • Moldova_horizon1_HC3v5_GHI_YearAv: yearly map of Global Horizontal Irradiation, averaged over the year Feb. 2004 to Dec. 2014. Spatial resolution 1 km, taking into account the shadowing effect of the far horizon. Projection: WGS84. Coordinates of the upper left corner (26.62°, 48.49°), spatial step: 0.0083° corresponding to approx. 1km, number of longitudes (columns): 425, number of latitudes (lines): 364. Image tiff format Uint16, missing value: 0.

Morocco

  • MOROCCO_electric_lines (credits: osm and Transvalor)
  • MOROCCO_substations (completed by Transvalor)
  • MOROCCO_cities
  • MOROCCO_lakes
  • MOROCCO_borders
  • MOROCCO_BNI_horizon1: yearly average HelioClim-3 version 5 Direct Normal Irradiation map at 1km, taking into account the shadowing effect of the far horizon (SRTM). Projection: WGS84. Coordinates of the upper left corner (-17.11°, 35.92°), spatial step: 0.0083° corresponding to approx. 1km, number of longitudes: 1933, number of latitudes: 1819. Image tiff in uint16, missing value: 65535.
  • MOROCCO_GHI_horizon1: idem Global Horizontal Irradiation
  • MOROCCO_SRTM: same bounding box as the radiation raster layers
  • MOROCCO_globcover: land description

Syria

  • Syria_borders
  • Syria_substations (completed by Transvalor)
  • Syria_lakes
  • Syria_rivers
  • Syria_electric_lines_osm (reliable)
  • Syria_electric_lines_diva (not reliable)
  • Syria_BNI: yearly averaged HelioClim-3 version 5 Direct Normal Irradiation map at 1km, taking into account the shadowing effect of the far horizon (SRTM). Projection: WGS84. Coordinates of the upper left corner (35.72°, 37.32°), spatial step: 0.0083° corresponding to approx. 1km, number of longitudes: 799, number of latitudes: 602. Image tiff in uint16, missing value: 0.
  • Syria_GHI: idem
  • Syria_SRTM: same bounding box as the radiation raster layers
  • Syria_Globcover: land description

Tunisia

  • Tunisia_borders
  • Tunisia_substations (completed by Transvalor)
  • Tunisia_lakes
  • Tunisia_rivers
  • Tunisia_electric_lines_osm
  • Tunisia_electric_lines_Transvalor
  • Tunisia_BNI: yearly averaged HelioClim-3 version 5 Direct Normal Irradiation map at 1km, taking into account the shadowing effect of the far horizon (SRTM). Projection: WGS84. Coordinates of the upper left corner (7.47°, 37.35°), spatial step: 0.0083° corresponding to approx. 1km, number of longitudes: 490, number of latitudes: 854. Image tiff in uint16, missing value: 65535.
  • Tunisia_GHI: idem
  • Tunisia_SRTM: same bounding box as the radiation raster layers
  • Tunisia_Globcover: land description

NB: both electric lines layers have been checked and are relevant. The one obtained from diva was not reliable enough, so we decided not to provide this layer.

Turkey

  • Turkey_borders
  • Turkey_cities
  • Turkey_substations (completed by Transvalor)
  • Turkey_lakes
  • Turkey_rivers
  • Turkey_electric_lines_diva (not reliable)
  • Turkey_electric_lines_osm (reliable)
  • Turkey_electric_lines_Transvalor (reliable)
  • Turkey_BNI: yearly averaged HelioClim-3 version 5 Direct Normal Irradiation map at 1km, taking into account the shadowing effect of the far horizon (SRTM). Projection: WGS84. Coordinates of the upper left corner (25.66°, 42.10°), spatial step: 0.0083° corresponding to approx. 1km, number of longitudes: 2298, number of latitudes: 754. Image tiff in uint16, missing value: 65535.
  • Turkey_GHI: idem
  • Turkey_SRTM: same bounding box as the radiation raster layers
  • Turkey_Globcover: land description

Europe maps AGATE

Europe maps "AGATE" of CAMS radiation data and CAMS McClear

More info on AGATE data - Access to JADE volume (Africa)

 

Radiation Component DOWNLOADS

AGATE GHI

Global Horizontal Irradiation

 

Download zip-compressed yearly and monthly averaged GHI maps

© ARMINES / MINES ParisTech / TRANSVALOR /  ECMWF - COPERNICUS Atmosphere Monitoring Service – Monthly and yearly average Global Horizontal Irradiation maps from CAMS Radiation Service over Europe – "AGATE" volume

AGATE DHI

Diffuse Horizontal Irradiation

Download zip-compressed yearly and monthly averaged DHI maps

© ARMINES / MINES ParisTech / TRANSVALOR /  ECMWF - COPERNICUS Atmosphere Monitoring Service – Monthly and yearly average Global Horizontal Irradiation maps from CAMS Radiation Service over Europe – "AGATE" volume

AGATE Gc

Global Horizontal Irradiation in cloud-free conditions

Download zip-compressed yearly and monthly averaged Gc maps

© ARMINES / MINES ParisTech / TRANSVALOR /  ECMWF - COPERNICUS Atmosphere Monitoring Service – Monthly and yearly average Global Horizontal Irradiation maps in cloud-free conditions from CAMS McClear over Europe – "AGATE" volume

AGATE BNI

Direct Normal Irradiation

Download zip-compressed yearly and monthly averaged BNI maps

© ARMINES / MINES ParisTech / TRANSVALOR /  ECMWF - COPERNICUS Atmosphere Monitoring Service – Monthly and yearly average Direct Normal Irradiation maps from CAMS Radiation Service over Europe – "AGATE" volume

 

 

Africa maps JADE

Africa maps "JADE" of CAMS radiation data and CAMS McClear

More info on JADE data - Access to AGATE volume (Europe)


Radiation ComponentDOWNLOAD monthly and yearly maps

JADE GHI

Global Horizontal Irradiation


Download zip-compressed yearly and monthly averaged GHI maps

© ARMINES / MINES ParisTech / Vaisala /  ECMWF - COPERNICUS Atmosphere Monitoring Service – Monthly and yearly average Global Horizontal Irradiation maps from CAMS Radiation Service over Africa – "JADE" volume

JADE DHI

Diffuse Horizontal Irradiation

Download zip-compressed yearly and monthly averaged DHI maps

© ARMINES / MINES ParisTech / Vaisala /  ECMWF - COPERNICUS Atmosphere Monitoring Service – Monthly and yearly average Global Horizontal Irradiation maps from CAMS Radiation Service over Africa – "JADE" volume

JADE Gc

Global Horizontal Irradiation in cloud-free conditions

Download zip-compressed yearly and monthly averaged Gc maps

© ARMINES / MINES ParisTech / Vaisala /  ECMWF - COPERNICUS Atmosphere Monitoring Service – Monthly and yearly average Global Horizontal Irradiation maps in cloud-free conditions from CAMS McClear over Africa – "JADE" volume

JADE BNI

Direct Normal Irradiation

Download zip-compressed yearly and monthly averaged BNI maps

© ARMINES / MINES ParisTech / Vaisala /  ECMWF - COPERNICUS Atmosphere Monitoring Service – Monthly and yearly average Direct Normal Irradiation maps from CAMS Radiation Service over Africa – "JADE" volume