/* DATA DESCRIPTION: Citation: Jiang, Hou; Lu, Ning (2019): High-resolution surface global solar radiation and the diffuse component dataset over China (2008). Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.900100, In: Jiang, H; Lu, N (2019): High-resolution surface global solar radiation and the diffuse component dataset over China. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.904136 Abstract: Surface solar radiation drives the water cycle and energy exchange on the earth's surface, thus is an indispensable parameter for many numerical models to estimate soil moisture, evapotranspiration and plant photosynthesis. The diffuse radiation can increase the ecosystem productivity by enhancing canopy light use efficiency, thereby promote carbon uptake in ecosystems. The accurate knowledge of their spatial distribution is helpful for estimation of plant productivity, carbon dynamics of terrestrial ecosystems, research on regional climate change, and site selection of solar power plants. Therefore, we produce the high-resolution radiation datasets, including global solar radiation and the diffuse component in hourly, daily and monthly scales with spatial resolution of 5km over China in 2008 based on the observations of the China Meteorology Administration (CMA) and Multi-functional Transport Satellite (MTSAT) satellite data using deep learning techniques. The root mean square error (RMSE) between our products and in-situ measurements is about to 0.32 MJ/m2 (90 W/m2), 2.14 MJ/m2 and 1.30 MJ/m2 in hourly, daily and monthly scales, respectively. The dataset should be useful for the analysis of the regional differences and temporal cycles of solar radiation in fine scales, and the impact of diffuse radiation on plant growth etc. Keyword(s): China; diffuse radiation; high-resolution; solar radiation Related to: Jiang, Hou; Lu, Ning; Qin, Jun; Tang, Wenjun; Yao, Ling (2019): A deep learning algorithm to estimate hourly global solar radiation from geostationary satellite data. Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, 114, 109327, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2019.109327 Coverage: LATITUDE: 36.000000 * LONGITUDE: 109.000000 Event(s): China * LATITUDE: 36.000000 * LONGITUDE: 109.000000 Parameter(s): File content (Content) * PI: Jiang, Hou (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5087-3446, jh1225357498@gmail.com) File name (File name) * PI: Jiang, Hou (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5087-3446, jh1225357498@gmail.com) File format (File format) * PI: Jiang, Hou (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5087-3446, jh1225357498@gmail.com) File size [kByte] (File size) * PI: Jiang, Hou (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5087-3446, jh1225357498@gmail.com) Uniform resource locator/link to file (URL file) * PI: Jiang, Hou (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5087-3446, jh1225357498@gmail.com) License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0) (URI: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) Size: 60 data points */ Content File name File format File size [kByte] URL file daily total global solar radiation and diffuse solar radiation in 2008 in China China_2008_Daily_Radiation ZIP 3083304.008 https://hs.pangaea.de/Projects/CMA/2008/China_2008_Daily_Radiation.zip monthly total global solar radiation and diffuse solar radiation in 2008 in China China_2008_Monthly_Radiation ZIP 99640.767 https://hs.pangaea.de/Projects/CMA/2008/China_2008_Monthly_Radiation.zip hourly radiation in 2008 in China China_HourlyRadiation2008-1 ZIP 4072166.301 https://hs.pangaea.de/Projects/CMA/2008/China_HourlyRadiation2008-1.zip hourly radiation in 2008 in China China_HourlyRadiation2008-2 ZIP 4954733.740 https://hs.pangaea.de/Projects/CMA/2008/China_HourlyRadiation2008-2.zip hourly radiation in 2008 in China China_HourlyRadiation2008-3-1 ZIP 1754362.380 https://hs.pangaea.de/Projects/CMA/2008/China_HourlyRadiation2008-3-1.zip hourly radiation in 2008 in China China_HourlyRadiation2008-3-2 ZIP 1661636.064 https://hs.pangaea.de/Projects/CMA/2008/China_HourlyRadiation2008-3-2.zip hourly radiation in 2008 in China China_HourlyRadiation2008-3-3 ZIP 1531276.260 https://hs.pangaea.de/Projects/CMA/2008/China_HourlyRadiation2008-3-3.zip hourly radiation in 2008 in China China_HourlyRadiation2008-4 ZIP 3871558.688 https://hs.pangaea.de/Projects/CMA/2008/China_HourlyRadiation2008-4.zip dataset readme readme TXT 1.268 https://hs.pangaea.de/Projects/CMA/2008/readme.txt daily radiation matlab file China_MappingDailyResult matlab 0.697 https://hs.pangaea.de/Projects/CMA/2008/China_MappingDailyResult.m hourly radiation matlab file China_MappingHourlyResult matlab 0.803 https://hs.pangaea.de/Projects/CMA/2008/China_MappingHourlyResult.m metadata and detailed file description Jiang_Lu_DataDescription2008 PDF 392.702 https://hs.pangaea.de/Projects/CMA/2008/Jiang_Lu_DataDescription2008.pdf