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<p>Vikram,</p>
<p>At least for solar radiation, my thesis work included a brief
side-track into comparing the precision of Davis's <a
href="http://www.davisnet.com/product/solar-radiation-sensor/">solar
sensor</a> to a classic Eppley <a
href="http://www.eppleylab.com/instrument-list/standard-precision-pyranometer/">pyranometer</a>
in measuring global horz radiation (GHorz). I also compared these
measurements to the values in a commercial AMY weather file. I
found really good correlation between the two sensors under a
range of conditions for a site in Bellingham, WA. For this
reason, I would not hesitate to use this sensor for a
project-based weather station. Davis's <a
href="http://www.davisnet.com/solution/vantage-pro2-plus/">VantageProPlus</a>
comes with this sensor, but I think you can add it on to some of
their other stations as well. The sensor outputs a voltage
proportional to the solar radiation, so really, it can be used
with any DAQ system that is good at measuring DC voltage. Some of
the personal weather stations in the Weather Underground network
report solar radiation and the other data you are seeking, so you
might look around for one of those in the area first before
starting your own.<br>
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<p>One product I've been tracking is <a
href="https://www.bloomsky.com/product">BloomSky</a>. I think
it would be really cool if this product included a solar radiation
sensor, or alternatively, included a calculation of cloud cover
from the images it collects, which in turn could be used in
algorithms to estimate GHorz (Joe Huang's idea, not mine). <br>
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David<br>
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on a project site. We are looking for temperature, humidity,
wind speed and direction as well as solar radiation. The most
important thing we are looking for is the wind data (we can
get close for temp, humidity and radiation with a nearby TMY3
file). We would like to be able to access the data remotely
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