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Korany, Mohamed; Boraiy, Mohamed; Eissa, Yehia; Aoun, Youva; Abdel Wahab, Magdy; Alfaro, Stephane; Blanc, Philippe; El-Metwally, Mossad; Ghedira, Hosni; Hungershoefer, Katja; Wald, Lucien (2016): A database of multi-year (2004-2010) quality-assured surface solar hourly irradiation measurements for the Egyptian territory [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.848804, Supplement to: Korany, M et al. (2016): A database of multi-year (2004–2010) quality-assured surface solar hourly irradiation measurements for the Egyptian territory. Earth System Science Data, 8(1), 105-113, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-8-105-2016

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Abstract:
A database containing the global and diffuse components of the surface solar hourly irradiation measured from 1 January 2004 to 31 December 2010 at eight stations of the Egyptian Meteorological Authority is presented. For three of these sites (Cairo, Aswan, and El-Farafra), the direct component is also available. In addition, a series of meteorological variables including surface pressure, relative humidity, temperature, wind speed and direction is provided at the same hourly resolution at all stations. The details of the experimental sites and instruments used for the acquisition are given. Special attention is paid to the quality of the data and the procedure applied to flag suspicious or erroneous measurements is described in details. Between 88 and 99% of the daytime measurements are validated by this quality control. Except at Barrani where the number is lower (13500), between 20000 and 29000 measurements of global and diffuse hourly irradiation are available at all sites for the 7-year period. Similarly, from 9000 to 13000 measurements of direct hourly irradiation values are provided for the three sites where this component is measured. With its high temporal resolution this consistent irradiation and meteorological database constitutes a reliable source to estimate the potential of solar energy in Egypt. It is also adapted to the study of high-frequency atmospheric processes such as the impact of aerosols on atmospheric radiative transfer. In the next future, it is planned to complete regularly the present 2004-2010 database.
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 28.474125 * Median Longitude: 30.087000 * South-bound Latitude: 23.970000 * West-bound Longitude: 25.900000 * North-bound Latitude: 31.620000 * East-bound Longitude: 33.820000
Date/Time Start: 2004-01-01T00:30:00 * Date/Time End: 2010-12-31T23:30:00
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Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)
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Datasets listed in this publication series

  1. Korany, M; Boraiy, M; Eissa, Y et al. (2016): Continuous meteorological observations at Aswan station, Egypt (2004-2010). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.847354
  2. Korany, M; Boraiy, M; Eissa, Y et al. (2016): Hourly irradiation measured at Aswan station, Egypt (2004-2010). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.847368
  3. Korany, M; Boraiy, M; Eissa, Y et al. (2016): Continuous meteorological observations at Asyut station, Egypt (2004-2010). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.847355
  4. Korany, M; Boraiy, M; Eissa, Y et al. (2016): Hourly irradiation measured at Asyut station, Egypt (2004-2010). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.847369
  5. Korany, M; Boraiy, M; Eissa, Y et al. (2016): Continuous meteorological observations at Barrani station, Egypt (2004-2010). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.847356
  6. Korany, M; Boraiy, M; Eissa, Y et al. (2016): Hourly irradiation measured at Barrani station, Egypt (2004-2010). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.847370
  7. Korany, M; Boraiy, M; Eissa, Y et al. (2016): Continuous meteorological observations at Cairo station, Egypt (2004-2010). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.846896
  8. Korany, M; Boraiy, M; Eissa, Y et al. (2016): Hourly irradiation measured at Cairo station, Egypt (2004-2010). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.846898
  9. Korany, M; Boraiy, M; Eissa, Y et al. (2016): Continuous meteorological observations at El-Arish station, Egypt (2004-2010). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.847357
  10. Korany, M; Boraiy, M; Eissa, Y et al. (2016): Hourly irradiation measured at El-Arish station, Egypt (2004-2010). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.847371
  11. Korany, M; Boraiy, M; Eissa, Y et al. (2016): Continuous meteorological observations at El-Farafra station, Egypt (2004-2010). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.847358
  12. Korany, M; Boraiy, M; Eissa, Y et al. (2016): Hourly irradiation measured at El-Farafra station, Egypt (2004-2010). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.847372
  13. Korany, M; Boraiy, M; Eissa, Y et al. (2016): Continuous meteorological observations at El-Kharga station, Egypt (2004-2010). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.847359
  14. Korany, M; Boraiy, M; Eissa, Y et al. (2016): Hourly irradiation measured at El-Kharga station, Egypt (2004-2010). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.847373
  15. Korany, M; Boraiy, M; Eissa, Y et al. (2016): Continuous meteorological observations at Matruh station, Egypt (2004-2010). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.847360
  16. Korany, M; Boraiy, M; Eissa, Y et al. (2016): Hourly irradiation measured at Matruh station, Egypt (2004-2010). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.847374