Average DNI in Togo and Benin south

Created by NOVELTIS for ECREEE during the ACP-EU project ECOWREX 2: Promoting Sustainable Energy Development through the use of Geospatial Technologies in West Africa

This dataset shows the average ground DNI (Direct Normal Irradiation) over the year 2013.

The average is calculated from hourly time series data generated by NOVELTIS meso-scale Numeric Weather Prediction system.

The resolution is 4km x 4km.

The unit is kW / m2 / year.

Projection is latlon, EPSG 4326, WGS 84.

This dataset is not indicated for local studies but only for regional comparison.

The annual average was calculated from hourly time series data generated by NOVELTIS meso-scale Numeric Weather Prediction system over the full 2013 year.

The parameter extracted from the NWP output is SWDDNI= Shortwave surface downward direct normal irradiance.

The 2013 year was selected by NOVELTIS as TMY (typical meteorological year) through a regional climatic analysis for the period from 2000 to 2014.

Minimum=554.154 kW/m2/y

Maximum=1315.542 kW/m2/y

Mean=942.285 kW/m2/y

StdDev=185.620 kW/m2/y

Date (Creation): 2016-06-11T00:00:00

Presentation form: Digital map

Status: Completed

Originator

NOVELTIS SAS - Richard Bru

Maintenance and update frequency: Not planned

Theme

Solar
Solar irradiation
Solar resource
Benin
Togo
Renewable energy resource

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Other constraints: The dataset is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.

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Spatial representation type: Grid

Denominator: 5000000

Metadata language: English

Topic category

Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere

Begin date: 2012-12-30T00:00:00

End date: 2013-12-30T00:00:00 Before

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