WEST Associates

In the mid 1970's Southern California Edison (SCE) submitted a proposal to Western Energy Supply and Transmission (WEST) Associates to expand the solar monitoring effort outside of the SCE service territory in ann effort to establish an accurate solar data base. The project, as approved, created the WEST Solar Monitoring network which eventually included 52 stations in six western states (Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico and Wyoming). The network operated for five years during 1976-1980 collecting 15-minute global horizontal and direct normal solar irradiances, and dry-bulb temperatures. Not all stations were in operation all five years, nor did all stations collect all three data parameters.

WEST Associates On-Line Manual

Map of West Associates Sites

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