Ground-based atmospheric solar radiation measurements at the Onsala Space Observatory (Sweden) between 2009 and 2025

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This dataset comprises continuous ground-based atmospheric measurements collected at the Onsala Space Observatory (latitude: 57.39245°N, longitude: 11.91729°E), located on the Swedish west coast. It includes two time series: (1) Meteorological parameters measured by a Vaisala WXT520 weather transmitter from 20 August 2009 to 30 April 2025 at a height of 16.1 m above sea level. The parameters include air temperature, relative humidity, atmospheric pressure, wind speed, wind gusts, wind direction, and precipitation (intensity, cumulative rainfall over 1-hour and 24-hours). (2) Global horizontal solar irradiance measurements recorded at 1-minute intervals from 8 August 2018 to 30 April 2025, using a Kipp & Zonen SMP6-V smart pyranometer with a 180° field of view installed at 12 m height. With its high temporal resolution and multi-year coverage, this dataset offers an important resource for analyzing local weather patterns, seasonal variability, and long-term atmospheric trends. It also complements existing regional records and contributes to atmospheric modeling and environmental studies in northern Europe. These measurements have additionally been used in a companion scientific study that examines long-term climate trends and seasonal dynamics at the Onsala Space Observatory (Mascaut et al. 2025).

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DOI https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.984085
Metadata Access https://ws.pangaea.de/oai/provider?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=datacite4&identifier=oai:pangaea.de:doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.984085
Provenance
Creator Mascaut, Faustine; Hammargren, Roger; Forkman, Peter
Publisher PANGAEA
Publication Year 2025
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International; Data access is restricted (moratorium, sensitive data, license constraints); https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
OpenAccess false
Representation
Resource Type Dataset
Format text/tab-separated-values
Size 3487995 data points
Discipline Earth System Research
Spatial Coverage (11.925 LON, 57.395 LAT); Sweden
Temporal Coverage Begin 2018-08-08T09:01:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2025-04-30T23:59:00Z