Mapping Global Solar Radiation from Long-Term Satellite Data in the Tropics Using an Improved Model

Table 1

Periods and wavelength bands of the satellite data used in this project.

Satellite	Periods	Wavelength bands of visible data
GMS4	January–May, 1995	0.50–0.75 𝜇m
GMS5	June, 1995–May, 2003	0.55–0.90 𝜇m
GOES9	June, 2003–July, 2005	0.50–0.75 𝜇m
MTSAT-1R	August, 2005–December, 2009	0.55–0.90 𝜇m