/* DATA DESCRIPTION: Citation: Chakraborty, TC; Lee, Xuhui (2021): BaRAD: Bias-Adjusted RADiation Dataset [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.932924 Abstract: The diffuse component of solar radiation is an important, but understudied, component of the Earth's surface radiation budget. Most global climate models do not archive data on this component and observations of diffuse radiation are rare. Here, we archive a global 40-year (1980 - 2019) monthly radiation database called BaRAD (Bias-adjusted RADiation dataset) that includes the total shortwave radiation and its partitioning into its diffuse and direct beam components. The dataset is based on a random forest algorithm trained using the Global Energy Balance Archive (GEBA) monthly observation network and implemented on the Modern-Era Retrospective analysis for Research and Applications, Version 2 (MERRA-2) dataset at the native MERRA-2 resolution (0.5 degree by 0.625 degree). The dataset picks up the seasonal, latitudinal, and long-term trends in the MERRA-2 data, but with reduced biases than MERRA-2. The dataset can reduce uncertainties in modelling surface energy and carbon budgets and help optimize the placement of concentrating solar power systems. Keyword(s): diffuse radiation; machine learning; radiation Related to: Chakraborty, TC; Lee, Xuhui (2021): Using supervised learning to develop BaRAD, a 40-year monthly bias-adjusted global gridded radiation dataset. Scientific Data, 8(1), 238, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-01016-4 Coverage: DATE/TIME START: 1980-01-01T00:00:00 * DATE/TIME END: 2019-12-31T00:00:00 Parameter(s): DATE/TIME (Date/Time) * GEOCODE * PI: Chakraborty, TC (https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1338-3525, tc.chakraborty@yale.edu) Binary Object (Binary) * PI: Chakraborty, TC (https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1338-3525, tc.chakraborty@yale.edu) Binary Object (File Size) [Bytes] (Binary (Size)) * PI: Chakraborty, TC (https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1338-3525, tc.chakraborty@yale.edu) License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0) (URI: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Status: Curation Level: Basic curation (URI: https://wiki.pangaea.de/wiki/Curation_levels) Size: 40 data points Files: All files referred to in data matrix can be downloaded in one go as ZIP or TAR (PANGAEA user account required). To download single files, use the filename from data matrix appended to "https://download.pangaea.de/dataset/932924/files/". */ Date/Time Binary Binary (Size) [Bytes] 1980 BaRAD1980.nc 57.1 MBytes 1981 BaRAD1981.nc 57.1 MBytes 1982 BaRAD1982.nc 57.1 MBytes 1983 BaRAD1983.nc 57.1 MBytes 1984 BaRAD1984.nc 57.1 MBytes 1985 BaRAD1985.nc 57.1 MBytes 1986 BaRAD1986.nc 57.1 MBytes 1987 BaRAD1987.nc 57.1 MBytes 1988 BaRAD1988.nc 57.1 MBytes 1989 BaRAD1989.nc 57.1 MBytes 1990 BaRAD1990.nc 57.1 MBytes 1991 BaRAD1991.nc 57.1 MBytes 1992 BaRAD1992.nc 57.1 MBytes 1993 BaRAD1993.nc 57.1 MBytes 1994 BaRAD1994.nc 57.1 MBytes 1995 BaRAD1995.nc 57.1 MBytes 1996 BaRAD1996.nc 57.1 MBytes 1997 BaRAD1997.nc 57.1 MBytes 1998 BaRAD1998.nc 57.1 MBytes 1999 BaRAD1999.nc 57.1 MBytes 2000 BaRAD2000.nc 57.1 MBytes 2001 BaRAD2001.nc 57.1 MBytes 2002 BaRAD2002.nc 57.1 MBytes 2003 BaRAD2003.nc 57.1 MBytes 2004 BaRAD2004.nc 57.1 MBytes 2005 BaRAD2005.nc 57.1 MBytes 2006 BaRAD2006.nc 57.1 MBytes 2007 BaRAD2007.nc 57.1 MBytes 2008 BaRAD2008.nc 57.1 MBytes 2009 BaRAD2009.nc 57.1 MBytes 2010 BaRAD2010.nc 57.1 MBytes 2011 BaRAD2011.nc 57.1 MBytes 2012 BaRAD2012.nc 57.1 MBytes 2013 BaRAD2013.nc 57.1 MBytes 2014 BaRAD2014.nc 57.1 MBytes 2015 BaRAD2015.nc 57.1 MBytes 2016 BaRAD2016.nc 57.1 MBytes 2017 BaRAD2017.nc 57.1 MBytes 2018 BaRAD2018.nc 57.1 MBytes 2019 BaRAD2019.nc 57.1 MBytes