Earth System Science Data (Aug 2018)
Baseline Surface Radiation Network (BSRN): structure and data description (1992–2017)
- A. Driemel,
- J. Augustine,
- K. Behrens,
- K. Behrens,
- S. Colle,
- C. Cox,
- E. Cuevas-Agulló,
- F. M. Denn,
- T. Duprat,
- M. Fukuda,
- H. Grobe,
- M. Haeffelin,
- G. Hodges,
- N. Hyett,
- O. Ijima,
- A. Kallis,
- W. Knap,
- V. Kustov,
- C. N. Long,
- D. Longenecker,
- D. Longenecker,
- A. Lupi,
- M. Maturilli,
- M. Mimouni,
- M. Mimouni,
- L. Ntsangwane,
- H. Ogihara,
- X. Olano,
- M. Olefs,
- M. Omori,
- L. Passamani,
- E. B. Pereira,
- H. Schmithüsen,
- S. Schumacher,
- R. Sieger,
- R. Sieger,
- J. Tamlyn,
- J. Tamlyn,
- R. Vogt,
- L. Vuilleumier,
- X. Xia,
- A. Ohmura,
- A. Ohmura,
- G. König-Langlo,
- G. König-Langlo
Affiliations
- A. Driemel
- Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany
- J. Augustine
- NOAA ESRL Global Monitoring Division, Boulder, CO, USA
- K. Behrens
- Deutscher Wetterdienst, Meteorologisches Observatorium Lindenberg – Richard-Aßmann-Observatorium, Tauche, Germany
- K. Behrens
- Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- S. Colle
- Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brasil
- C. Cox
- CIRES/NOAA ESRL Physical Sciences Division, Boulder, CO, USA
- E. Cuevas-Agulló
- Izaña Atmospheric Research Center (AEMET), Tenerife, Spain
- F. M. Denn
- Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Lanham, USA
- T. Duprat
- Meteo France, Carpentras, France
- M. Fukuda
- Japan Meteorological Agency, Tokyo, Japan
- H. Grobe
- Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany
- M. Haeffelin
- Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique, Paris, France
- G. Hodges
- CIRES, University of Colorado Boulder, CO, USA
- N. Hyett
- Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Australia
- O. Ijima
- Japan Meteorological Agency, Tokyo, Japan
- A. Kallis
- Estonian Environment Agency, Tõravere, Estonia
- W. Knap
- Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute, De Bilt, the Netherlands
- V. Kustov
- Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia
- C. N. Long
- NOAA ESRL Global Monitoring Division, Boulder, CO, USA
- D. Longenecker
- NOAA ESRL Global Monitoring Division, Boulder, CO, USA
- D. Longenecker
- retired
- A. Lupi
- Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, National Research Council of Italy, Bologna, Italy
- M. Maturilli
- Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Potsdam, Germany
- M. Mimouni
- Office National de la Météorologie, Algiers, Algeria
- M. Mimouni
- retired
- L. Ntsangwane
- South African Weather Service, Pretoria, South Africa
- H. Ogihara
- Japan Meteorological Agency, Tokyo, Japan
- X. Olano
- National Renewable Energy Centre, Sarriguren, Spain
- M. Olefs
- ZAMG – Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik, Vienna, Austria
- M. Omori
- Japan Meteorological Agency, Tokyo, Japan
- L. Passamani
- Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Australia
- E. B. Pereira
- Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, São José dos Campos, Brasil
- H. Schmithüsen
- Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany
- S. Schumacher
- Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany
- R. Sieger
- Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany
- R. Sieger
- deceased
- J. Tamlyn
- Met Office, Exeter, Devon, UK
- J. Tamlyn
- retired
- R. Vogt
- Meteorology Climatology and Remote Sensing, Department Environmental Sciences, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- L. Vuilleumier
- Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology, MeteoSwiss, Payerne, Switzerland
- X. Xia
- LAGEO, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- A. Ohmura
- Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- A. Ohmura
- retired
- G. König-Langlo
- Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany
- G. König-Langlo
- retired
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-1491-2018
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 10
pp. 1491 – 1501
Abstract
Small changes in the radiation budget at the earth's surface can lead to large climatological responses when persistent over time. With the increasing debate on anthropogenic influences on climatic processes during the 1980s the need for accurate radiometric measurements with higher temporal resolution was identified, and it was determined that the existing measurement networks did not have the resolution or accuracy required to meet this need. In 1988 the WMO therefore proposed the establishment of a new international Baseline Surface Radiation Network (BSRN), which should collect and centrally archive high-quality ground-based radiation measurements in 1 min resolution. BSRN began its work in 1992 with 9 stations; currently (status 2018-01-01), the network comprises 59 stations (delivering data to the archive) and 9 candidates (stations recently accepted into the network with data forthcoming to the archive) distributed over all continents and oceanic environments. The BSRN database is the World Radiation Monitoring Center (WRMC). It is hosted at the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) in Bremerhaven, Germany, and now offers more than 10 300 months of data from the years 1992 to 2017. All data are available at https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.880000 free of charge.
