HD(CP)2 long term observations, cloud fraction (total) data of scanning Infrared thermometer (no. 00), by Supersite CESAR, data version 00
Daily files with 10 minute mean values of cloud cover derived from a a 2D scan with an IR pyrometer at the CESAR observatory
Access
To get a year dataset please use one of the links below to download the wget script:
2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015,
Dataset Author
Henk Klein Baltink, henk.klein.baltink@knmi.nl, Institution: Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI)Description
Total Cloud Cover and Sky Obscuration derived from Sky infrared brightness temperatures measured with scanning pyrometer NubiScope
Limitations: none
Provenance: CESAR (www.cesar-database.nl)
Comments: none
Instrument 1
- Source: NubiScope with KT15.85 IIP pyrometer
- Descriptive Instrument location: BSRN Site at CESAR observatory
Global information
- PID: de.koeln.rrzk/amd.nl.sups/ces.irtS00.l1.clt
- Project: HD(CP)2
- Level: 1
- Updated version: 00
- File format: NETCDF3_CLASSIC
- Convention: CF-1.4
- Average File Size Uncompressed: 0.01 Mb
- File name: sups_ces_irtS00_l1_clt_v[VV]_[YYYYMMDDhhmmss].nc
- Start: 2008-04-02
- End: 2015-12-31
Variables
| Name | Dimension | CF standard_name | long_name | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| clt | time | cloud_area_fraction | total cloud fraction | 1 |
| zsl | altitude | m |
Institution
Contact Person(s)
Henk Klein Baltink (henk.klein.baltink@knmi.nl)
Wiel Wauben (wiel.wauben@knmi.nl)
References
Wauben W., H. Klein Baltink, F. Bosveld,NubiScope – Laboratory tests and field evaluation