NREL Solar Radiation Research Laboratory (SRRL): Baseline Measurement System (BMS), Golden, Colorado
The Solar Radiation Research Laboratory (SRRL) was established at the Solar Energy Research Institute (now NREL) in 1981 to provide continuous measurements of the solar resources, outdoor calibrations of pyranometers and pyrheliometers, and to characterize commercially available instrumentation. The SRRL is an outdoor laboratory located on South Table Mountain, a mesa providing excellent solar access throughout the year, overlooking Denver. Beginning with the basic measurements of global horizontal irradiance, direct normal irradiance and diffuse horizontal irradiance at 5-minute intervals, the SRRL Baseline Measurement System now produces more than 130 data elements at 1-min intervals that are available from the Measurement & Instrumentation Data Center Web site. Data sources include global horizontal, direct normal, diffuse horizontal (from shadowband and tracking disk), global on tilted surfaces, reflected solar irradiance, ultraviolet, infrared (upwelling and downwelling), photometric and spectral radiometers, sky imagery, and surface meteorological conditions (temperature, relative humidity, barometric pressure, precipitation, snow cover, wind speed and direction at multiple levels). Data quality control and assessment include daily instrument maintenance (M-F) with automated data quality control based on real-time examinations of redundant instrumentation and internal consistency checks using NREL's SERI-QC methodology. Operators are notified of equipment problems by automatic e-mail messages generated by the data acquisition and processing system. Radiometers are recalibrated at least annually with reference instruments traceable to the World Radiometric Reference (WRR).
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AB - The Solar Radiation Research Laboratory (SRRL) was established at the Solar Energy Research Institute (now NREL) in 1981 to provide continuous measurements of the solar resources, outdoor calibrations of pyranometers and pyrheliometers, and to characterize commercially available instrumentation. The SRRL is an outdoor laboratory located on South Table Mountain, a mesa providing excellent solar access throughout the year, overlooking Denver. Beginning with the basic measurements of global horizontal irradiance, direct normal irradiance and diffuse horizontal irradiance at 5-minute intervals, the SRRL Baseline Measurement System now produces more than 130 data elements at 1-min intervals that are available from the Measurement & Instrumentation Data Center Web site. Data sources include global horizontal, direct normal, diffuse horizontal (from shadowband and tracking disk), global on tilted surfaces, reflected solar irradiance, ultraviolet, infrared (upwelling and downwelling), photometric and spectral radiometers, sky imagery, and surface meteorological conditions (temperature, relative humidity, barometric pressure, precipitation, snow cover, wind speed and direction at multiple levels). Data quality control and assessment include daily instrument maintenance (M-F) with automated data quality control based on real-time examinations of redundant instrumentation and internal consistency checks using NREL's SERI-QC methodology. Operators are notified of equipment problems by automatic e-mail messages generated by the data acquisition and processing system. Radiometers are recalibrated at least annually with reference instruments traceable to the World Radiometric Reference (WRR).
AU - Stoffel
A2 - Andreas
DB - Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI)
DP - Open EI | National Renewable Energy Laboratory
DO -
KW - weather
KW - humidity
KW - wind
KW - precipitation
KW - silicon
KW - albedo
KW - baseline
KW - midc
KW - solar
KW - irradiance
KW - meterological
KW - measurement
KW - instrumentation
KW - solar calendar
KW - wind rose
KW - display
KW - real-time
KW - outdoor
KW - global
KW - direct
KW - diffuse
KW - temperature
KW - pressure
KW - thermopile
KW - tracker
KW - pyranometer
KW - pyrheliometer
KW - radiometer
KW - rotating
KW - shadowband
KW - rsr
KW - rsp
KW - spectrum
KW - spectroradiometer
KW - spectrometer
KW - photometer
KW - pyrgeometer
KW - infrared
KW - IR
KW - ultra-violet
KW - UV
KW - AOD
KW - sky image
KW - imager
KW - sky camera
KW - sky scanner
KW - quantum
KW - photometric
KW - PAR
KW - electric field
KW - dry bulb
KW - wet bulb
KW - radiation
KW - normal
KW - plane of array
KW - two axis
KW - one axis
KW - tilted
KW - vertical
KW - research
KW - aerosols
KW - analysis
KW - baseline measurement system
KW - srrl
LA - English
DA - 2015/05/05
PY - 2015
PB - National Renewable Energy Laboratory
T1 - NREL Solar Radiation Research Laboratory (SRRL): Baseline Measurement System (BMS), Golden, Colorado
UR - https://data.openei.org/submissions/8118
ER -
Stoffel, and Andreas. NREL Solar Radiation Research Laboratory (SRRL): Baseline Measurement System (BMS), Golden, Colorado. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 5 May, 2015, NREL. https://data.nrel.gov/submissions/7.
Stoffel, & Andreas. (2015). NREL Solar Radiation Research Laboratory (SRRL): Baseline Measurement System (BMS), Golden, Colorado. [Data set]. NREL. National Renewable Energy Laboratory. https://data.nrel.gov/submissions/7
Stoffel and Andreas. NREL Solar Radiation Research Laboratory (SRRL): Baseline Measurement System (BMS), Golden, Colorado. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, May, 5, 2015. Distributed by NREL. https://data.nrel.gov/submissions/7
@misc{OEDI_Dataset_8118,
title = {NREL Solar Radiation Research Laboratory (SRRL): Baseline Measurement System (BMS), Golden, Colorado},
author = {Stoffel and Andreas},
abstractNote = {The Solar Radiation Research Laboratory (SRRL) was established at the Solar Energy Research Institute (now NREL) in 1981 to provide continuous measurements of the solar resources, outdoor calibrations of pyranometers and pyrheliometers, and to characterize commercially available instrumentation. The SRRL is an outdoor laboratory located on South Table Mountain, a mesa providing excellent solar access throughout the year, overlooking Denver.\ Beginning with the basic measurements of global horizontal irradiance, direct normal irradiance and diffuse horizontal irradiance at 5-minute intervals, the SRRL Baseline Measurement System now produces more than 130 data elements at 1-min intervals that are available from the Measurement \& Instrumentation Data Center Web site.\ Data sources include global horizontal, direct normal, diffuse horizontal (from shadowband and tracking disk), global on tilted surfaces, reflected solar irradiance, ultraviolet, infrared (upwelling and downwelling), photometric and spectral radiometers, sky imagery, and surface meteorological conditions (temperature, relative humidity, barometric pressure, precipitation, snow cover, wind speed and direction at multiple levels).\ Data quality control and assessment include daily instrument maintenance (M-F) with automated data quality control based on real-time examinations of redundant instrumentation and internal consistency checks using NREL's SERI-QC methodology. Operators are notified of equipment problems by automatic e-mail messages generated by the data acquisition and processing system. Radiometers are recalibrated at least annually with reference instruments traceable to the World Radiometric Reference (WRR).},
url = {https://data.nrel.gov/submissions/7},
year = {2015},
howpublished = {NREL, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, https://data.nrel.gov/submissions/7},
note = {Accessed: 2025-05-04}
}
Details
Data from May 5, 2015
Last updated Jan 13, 2025
Submitted May 5, 2015
Organization
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Contact
T. Stoffel
Authors
Original Source
https://data.nrel.gov/submissions/7Research Areas
Keywords
weather, humidity, wind, precipitation, silicon, albedo, baseline, midc, solar, irradiance, meterological, measurement, instrumentation, solar calendar, wind rose, display, real-time, outdoor, global, direct, diffuse, temperature, pressure, thermopile, tracker, pyranometer, pyrheliometer, radiometer, rotating, shadowband, rsr, rsp, spectrum, spectroradiometer, spectrometer, photometer, pyrgeometer, infrared, IR, ultra-violet, UV, AOD, sky image, imager, sky camera, sky scanner, quantum, photometric, PAR, electric field, dry bulb, wet bulb, radiation, normal, plane of array, two axis, one axis, tilted, vertical, research, aerosols, analysis, baseline measurement system, srrlDOE Project Details
Project Name NREL Solar Radiation Research Laboratory Baseline Measurement System
Project Number GO28308