Solar energy siting and monitoring combines solar-resource layers, terrain and land constraints, and asset context to screen PV and concentrating-solar locations and monitor operating portfolios.^[1]^[2]^[3] NREL NSRDB provides satellite-derived GHI, DNI, DHI, and meteorological data for solar-resource assessment.^[1] NREL solar maps derive multiyear solar irradiance from NSRDB and related atmospheric satellite inputs.^[2] Global Solar Atlas outputs include GHI, DNI, PV power potential, and related long-term-average layers for global screening.^[3] Typical outputs include GHI, DNI, GTI resource layers, PV power potential, site constraints, asset detection, and performance context at parcel to national-planning scale.^[1]^[2]^[3]

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2 services and 51 sensors. Start with the most-used; switch to Filter for the full catalogue.

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2 Services

51 Sensors

Services & platforms — 2

Readar Solar Panel Detection Readar

Zonnedakje Sobolt

Advanced Hyperspectral Imager Gaofen-5 (GF-5)

AEISS-A KOMPSAT-3A

Antelope DPU —

ASTER (Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer) Terra

AWiFS Resourcesat-2

Carble Remote Sensing for Coffee and Cocoa Supply Chains —

Carbon Mapper Imaging Spectrometer Tanager-1

CBERS-4 Infrared Multispectral Scanner 2 CBERS-4

CBERS-4 Multispectral Camera CBERS-4

CBERS-4 Panchromatic and Multispectral Imager CBERS-4

CBERS-4 Wide Field Imager 2 CBERS-4

CBERS-4A Multispectral CCD Camera CBERS-4A

CBERS-4A Wide Field Imager CBERS-4A

CBERS-4A Wide Swath Panchromatic and Multispectral Camera CBERS-4A

DESIS (DLR Earth Sensing Imaging Spectrometer) —

Dove Classic Planet Dove

Dove-R Planet Dove

Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) DSCOVR

ECOSTRESS (ECOsystem Spaceborne Thermal Radiometer Experiment on Space Station) ECOSTRESS ISS deployment

EnMAP HSI (Hyperspectral Imager) —

FY-4B Advanced Geostationary Radiation Imager FY-4B

Hyper-Spectral Imager - 2 Huan Jing-2A

HySIS HySIS

Infrared Multispectral Scanner - 2 Huan Jing-2A

KMSS High-resolution VIS/IR Radiometer Meteor-M N2-4

LISS-III (Resourcesat) Resourcesat-2

LISS-IV Resourcesat-2

MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) —

MSC (KOMPSAT-2) KOMPSAT-2

MSI (MultiSpectral Instrument) —

MSS (KANOPUS) Kanopus-V

MSU-GS Electro-L Imager Electro-L N2

MSU-MR VIS/IR Imaging Radiometer Meteor-M N2-4

NewSat multispectral camera Satellogic NewSat constellation

OLI (Operational Land Imager) —

OLI-2 (Operational Land Imager-2) —

Panchromatic and Multi-spectral CCD Camera Gaofen-1 (GF-1)

Pléiades HiRI Pleiades-1A

PMS-2 Panchromatic and Multi-spectral CCD Camera Gaofen-2

PMS-3 high-resolution optical sensor SuperView / GaoJing constellation

Second Generation Global Imager (SGLI) GCOM-C (Shikisai)

SLSTR (Sea and Land Surface Temperature Radiometer) Sentinel-3A

Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager Meteosat-10

SuperDove Planet Dove

The Herd —

TIRS (Landsat 8 Thermal Infrared Sensor) Landsat 8

VectorSurv Vectorborne Disease Surveillance System —

Verde —

Wide Field Camera Gaofen-1 (GF-1)

Wide View CCD camera - 2 Huan Jing-2A

Zhuhai-1 OHS hyperspectral imager Zhuhai-1 OHS

Sources

[1]NREL NSRDB API documentationagency doc2026-05-27
[2]NREL solar resource maps and dataagency doc2026-05-27
[3]Global Solar Atlas data outputsthird party2026-05-27