Solar seasonality · NASA POWER
1,000 locations · 25 years of climate data
Agent-written code · Parallel retrieval
Higher latitudes, stronger seasonal swings.
Seasonal range / annual mean
Regional sample averages · 2001–2025
June peak
December peak
Both curves use the same scale · Annual mean = 1×
300,000 location-month records
Collected, validated & analyzedAgent-written code coordinates 950 web fetches and reuses 50 cached responses. Each URL retrieves monthly data for one location. A, B and C match the points on the map.
https://power.larc.nasa.gov/api/temporal/monthly/point
2001–2025 · URLs abbreviated · Structuring and analysis follow this collection action.
Illustrated from the model’s research workflow · NASA POWER · URLs abbreviated
The expandable execution section shows shortened URL queries appended to a shared base URL. A, B and C identify the same locations on the map; select a card to inspect its point. The full URLs are available in the request cards’ tooltips. The single agent action is execution of the collection program; subsequent structuring and analysis are outside that action. The three map routes illustrate requests from the collection action, not physical network paths; 950 is the total number of new fetches, not the instantaneous concurrency.
Map colors use each location’s own 12-month climatology: for each calendar month, daily-average solar radiation is averaged across 2001–2025. The seasonal range is divided by the mean of those 12 values. This measures variation through the year, not total solar resource or change over 25 years.
The map data were retrieved again for this illustration at coordinates recovered from the model’s report, using the original request precision. The regional curves come from the original report. Their peak-to-trough ratios describe the regional average curves, not averages of individual location ratios. Locations sharing a source grid are retained and are not independent measurements.
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