DS-045Energy & InfrastructureGlobalLIVE DATA
NASA POWER
NASA POWER API
Global solar and meteorological energy data
Global solar-radiation and meteorological time series for energy, agriculture, and buildings, available hourly, daily, monthly, and as climatology.
“Where are energy systems most fragile when solar potential, heatwaves, and electricity demand overlap?”
UPDATE
Near real time; climate-quality replacement after 2–3 months
COVERAGE
Global · 1981–present · 300+ parameters
ACCESS
No-login REST / AWS Open Data
LICENSE SUMMARY
U.S. government open data; NASA data-use guidance applies
AVAILABLE FORMATS
JSON · CSV · NetCDF · Zarr · API
LICENSE
NASA-produced data is generally not subject to U.S. copyright; NASA open-data and third-party exception policies apply
ATTRIBUTION
Credit NASA POWER with parameters or product, version, query extent, access date, and recommended citations.
PRE-PUBLISH CHECK
Review the official license basis ↗Check Data v10, lineage, source products, near-real-time versus climate-quality status, resolution, and third-party restrictions; respect rate limits.