Dataset of direct measured downward global solar radiation in the Western Pacific Ocean (SOLAR_RADIATION_WP) now available

This dataset provides downward, global solar radiation flux observed mainly in the Western Pacific Ocean from 1990 to 1995. Twenty Japanese voluntary merchant ships participated the observation project. The observation project is described in Iwasaka et al. (1994) and Iwasaka et al. (2000).

The observation project was conducted by the researchers from Tokyo University of Mercantile Marine, The Ocean Research Institute, the University of Tokyo, and Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University.

For more detailed information, please refer to the metadata page.