NREL's Measurement and Instrumentation Data Center
The Measurement and Instrumentation Data Center (MIDC) provides irradiance and meteorological data from a network of ground stations in the U.S. It serves as a central location for accessing solar and weather data collected from various sites, including the prominent NREL Solar Radiation Research Laboratory (SRRL) Baseline Measurement System (BMS). The MIDC offers data and tools to support the analysis and development of advanced energy technologies and the broader energy community.
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AB - The Measurement and Instrumentation Data Center (MIDC) provides irradiance and meteorological data from a network of ground stations in the U.S. It serves as a central location for accessing solar and weather data collected from various sites, including the prominent NREL Solar Radiation Research Laboratory (SRRL) Baseline Measurement System (BMS). The MIDC offers data and tools to support the analysis and development of advanced energy technologies and the broader energy community.
AU - Andreas, Afshin
DB - Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI)
DP - Open EI | National Renewable Energy Laboratory
DO -
KW - Data
KW - Instrumentation
KW - Irradiance
KW - MIDC
KW - Measurement
KW - Meteorological
KW - solar calendar
KW - wind roses
KW - unprocessed data
KW - NREL
KW - solar
KW - solar raditation
KW - weather
KW - United States
LA - English
DA - 2014/11/25
PY - 2014
PB - National Renewable Energy Laboratory
T1 - NREL's Measurement and Instrumentation Data Center
UR - https://data.openei.org/submissions/287
ER -
Andreas, Afshin. NREL's Measurement and Instrumentation Data Center. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 25 November, 2014, Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI). https://data.openei.org/submissions/287.
Andreas, A. (2014). NREL's Measurement and Instrumentation Data Center. [Data set]. Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI). National Renewable Energy Laboratory. https://data.openei.org/submissions/287
Andreas, Afshin. NREL's Measurement and Instrumentation Data Center. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, November, 25, 2014. Distributed by Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI). https://data.openei.org/submissions/287
@misc{OEDI_Dataset_287,
title = {NREL's Measurement and Instrumentation Data Center},
author = {Andreas, Afshin},
abstractNote = {The Measurement and Instrumentation Data Center (MIDC) provides irradiance and meteorological data from a network of ground stations in the U.S. It serves as a central location for accessing solar and weather data collected from various sites, including the prominent NREL Solar Radiation Research Laboratory (SRRL) Baseline Measurement System (BMS). The MIDC offers data and tools to support the analysis and development of advanced energy technologies and the broader energy community. },
url = {https://data.openei.org/submissions/287},
year = {2014},
howpublished = {Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI), National Renewable Energy Laboratory, https://data.openei.org/submissions/287},
note = {Accessed: 2026-01-02}
}
Details
Data from Nov 25, 2014
Last updated Oct 9, 2025
Submitted Nov 25, 2014
Organization
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Contact
Afshin Andreas
Authors
Research Areas
Keywords
Data, Instrumentation, Irradiance, MIDC, Measurement, Meteorological, solar calendar, wind roses, unprocessed data, NREL, solar, solar raditation, weather, United StatesDOE Project Details
Project Name Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI)
Project Number 52942
