Radiometer grid at Falkenberg and surroundings, downwelling shortwave radiation v1, FESSTVaL campaign
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Dataset Author
Mol, Wouter and Heusinkveld, Bert, Institution: Wageningen University and ResearchDescription
This data set contains observations of the down-welling short wave irradiance spectrum from a network of custom-made multi-band radiometers at the Falkenberg site from June 14 to 30, 2021. The main variable is the global horizontal irradiance, which is calibrated against a high quality sun tracker at Falkenberg. Additional data includes raw measurements, pre-calibrated spectra (with limitations, see quality), and total column water vapor from spectra. Within the two weeks, we provide (with varying temporal coverage) cloud camera images at 5 seconds interval, which is helpful for interpreting the irradiance measurements (among other things). The strength of this data set is not the absolute accuracy, but rather the spatial measurements and ability to catch variability with high resolution.
Limitations: Data gathering, quality, calibration (The global horizontal irradiance is calibrated against a high quality sun tracker at Falkenberg.), and performance is covered in detail in the manuscript https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2022-726 and other to be publications specified later.
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Instrument 1
- Source: Solar radiation network
- Descriptive Instrument location: Falkenberg, Germany
- Instruments altitude: 53 - 67
- Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude): 52.1534 - 52.17043 °N 14.07141 - 14.204 °E
- Height: 0.4 - 0.9 m
- Horizontal resolution: 1 [°]
- Vertical resolution: none [m]
- Time resolution: 0.1 [s]
Global information
- PID: de.hamburg.icdc/amd.de.fval/wur.radgrid00.l2.rsds
- Standard: SAMD v2.2, https://doi.org/10.25592/uhhfdm.9902
- Project: FESSTVAL
- Level: 2
- Updated version: 01
- File format: NETCDF4
- Convention: CF-1.7 where applicable
- Average File Size Uncompressed: 45 Mb
- File name: fval_wur_radgridXXXX_l2_rsds_v01_[YYYYMMDDhhmmss].nc
- Start: 2021-06-14
- End: 2021-06-29
Variables
| Name | Dimension | CF standard_name | long_name | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rsds | sensor_id, datetime | solar irradiance | Short-wave broadband downwelling radiation (surface) | W m-2 |
| pwr | sensor_id, datetime | water vapor | atmosphere_mass_content_of_water_vapor | kg m-2 |
Institution
Contact Person(s)
Mol Wouter (wbmol@wur.nl), Wageningen University and Research
References
Mol, Wouter; Heusinkveld, Bert;: Radiometer grid at Falkenberg and surroundings, spectral solar irradiance and cloud imagery, FESSTVaL campaign (Version 2), (2023), http://doi.org/10.25592/uhhfdm.12548