SURFRAD (Surface Radiation) Network

Information:

Overview

Stations

Calibrations

Aerosol Optical Depth

ISIS Network

Sky Imagers

Other US Networks
Desert Rock SURFRAD station, including (clockwise from left center) radiometer platform, met tower, TSI and solar tracker.
Desert Rock SURFRAD station, including (clockwise from left center) radiometer platform, met tower, TSI and solar tracker.

SURFRAD Data:

Rad/Met Plots

AOD Plots

Monthly Means

Soundings

TSI Images

Data Download (FTP)
Click here if FTP fails.

Problems

NOTICE: SURFRAD data files have changed from reporting at 3-minute resolution data to reporting 1-minute resolution data on 1 Jan. 2009. The change from 3-min. to 1-min. data collection was made on 8 Jan. 2009, and all files back to 1 Jan. 2009 were reprocessed to report the new 1-min. resolution data. The informational README file, available on the SURFRAD FTP site, has been updated accordingly. See the problems link for details.