The Katherine meteorological station is located at Katherine Research Station, approximately four kilometres east of the centre of Katherine in the Northern Territory. This ground-based station records the following data parameters sampled at 1-second intervals and averaged at 5-second intervals:

  • Global horizontal irradiance (GHI)
  • Plane-of-array (POA) irradiance
  • Direct normal irradiance (DNI)
  • Wind speed
  • Wind direction
  • Ambient temperature
  • Relative humidity
  • Rainfall

This station has been operating since April 2019 (data available shortly after) and conforms to a Class A standard by IEC 61724-1 Photovoltaic System Performance – Part 1: Monitoring.

Further technical information can be found by downloading the station’s metadata including equipment types, data parameters and measurement conditions.

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The support of the Northern Territory Government is gratefully acknowledged for hosting the weather station at the premises of Katherine Research Station.