Broadband Radiometer Station (BRS)
Instrument Categories: Radiometric
Primary Measurements Taken
The following measurements are those considered scientifically relevant. Refer to the netCDF File Header Descriptions (Data Object Design Files) for the list of all available measurements, including those recorded for diagnostic or quality assurance purposes.
- Longwave broadband downwelling irradiance
- Longwave broadband upwelling irradiance
- Shortwave broadband diffuse downwelling irradiance
- Shortwave broadband direct normal irradiance
- Shortwave broadband total downwelling irradiance
- Shortwave broadband total upwelling irradiance
Available Value-Added Products
This instrument is an input to the following value-added products, which provide improved measurements or derived quantities.
- 15swfanalbrs1long - Short Wave Flux Analysis: 15-min resolution on BRS data, Long algorithm
- 1swfanalbrs1long - Short Wave Flux Analysis: 1-min resolution on BRS data, Long algorithm
- beflux1long - Radiative Flux: best estimate, after Long
- brs1dutt - Broadband Radiometer Station (BRS) broadband shortwave and longwave 1-min radiation data with Dutton correction
- qcflux1long - Radiative Flux: best estimate instrument difference, after Long
- qcrad1long - Surface Radiation Measurement Quality Control testing, including climatologically configurable limits
Available Datastreams
- brs - Broadband Radiometer Station (BRS): broadband shortwave and longwave radiation
- brs20s - Broadband Radiometer Station (BRS): 20-second broadband shortwave and longwave radiation
- brs60s - Broadband Radiometer Station (BRS): 60-second broadband shortwave and longwave radiation
Sites / Facilities
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- North Slope Alaska (NSA)
- Central Facility, Atqasuk AK (C2)
- Central Facility, Barrow AK (C1)
- Southern Great Plains (SGP)
- Ashton, KS (E9)
- Byron, OK (E11)
- Central Facility, Lamont, OK (C1)
- Coldwater, KS (E8)
- Cordell, OK (E22)
- Cyril, OK (E24)
- Earlsboro, OK (E27)
- El Reno, OK (E19)
- Elk Falls, KS (E7)
- Halstead, KS (E5)
- Hillsboro, KS (Extended) (E2)
- Lamont, OK (Extended) (E13)
- Larned, KS (E1)
- LeRoy, KS (E3)
- Meeker, OK (Extended) (E20)
- Morris, OK (Extended) (E18)
- Okmulgee, OK (E21)
- Pawhuska, OK (E12)
- Plevna, KS (E4)
- Ringwood, OK (E15)
- Seminole, OK (E25)
- Towanda, KS (E6)
- Tyro, KS (E10)
- Vici, OK (Extended) (E16)
- Tropical Western Pacific (TWP)
- Central Facility, Darwin, North Australia (C3)
- Central Facility, Manus I., PNG (C1)
- Central Facility, Nauru Island (C2)
Mentor(s)
Tom Stoffel
(303) 384-6395
thomas_stoffel@nrel.gov
Bev Kay
associate
(303) 384-6388
beverly_kay@nrel.gov
Mary Anderberg
associate
303-275-4680
mary_anderberg@nrel.gov
Peter Gotseff
associate
(303) 384-6327
peter_gotseff@nrel.gov
