MACC-RAD service

MACC-RAD service for irradiation time series

The Copernicus preparatory service MACC-RAD provides time series of Global, Direct, and Diffuse Irradiations on horizontal surface, and Direct Irradiation on normal plane (DNI) for the actual weather conditions as well as for clear-sky conditions. The geographical coverage is the field-of-view of the Meteosat satellite, roughly speaking Europe, Africa, Atlantic Ocean, Middle East (-66° to 66° in both latitudes and longitudes). The time coverage of data is from 2004-02-01 up to 2 days ago. Data are available with a time step ranging from 15 min to 1 month. It makes use of the MACC-RAD and DLR’s Meteosat Second Generation satellite’s information on cloud physical parameters.