Shortwave broadband direct downwelling irradiance
Measurement Categories: Radiometric
Description: Radiant energy, across the wavelength range of 0.4 and 4 {mu}m, that is transferred directly from the sun to the receiver.
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Instruments that produce the measurement
The above measurement is considered scientifically relevant for the following instruments. Refer to the datastream (netcdf) file headers of each instrument for a list of all available measurements, including those recorded for diagnostic or quality assurance purposes.
- External Instruments
- Field Campaign Instruments
- Data Quality Assessment for ARM Radiation Data (QCRAD)
- JAMSTEC Research Vessel Mirai (MIRAI)
- NOAA Research Vessel Ron Brown (RONBROWN)
- Nauru Island guest instruments (ISLAND-GUEST-INSTRUMENTS)
- Quality Controlled Surface Radiation Data (Long-Shi Experimental) (QCSFCRAD)
- Radiative Flux Analysis (RADFLUXANAL)
- Shortwave Flux Analysis (SWFLUXANAL)
- UAV Altus (UAV-ALTUS)
- UAV-Egrett (UAV-EGRETT)
- UAV-General Atomics GNAT (UAV-GNAT)
Value-Added Products (VAPs) including the measurement
- (MFRSR) Multifilter Rotating Shadowband Radiometer Process
- qcrad1long - Surface Radiation Measurement Quality Control testing, including climatologically configurable limits
- (QCRAD) Data Quality Assessment for ARM Radiation Data Process
- qcrad1long - Surface Radiation Measurement Quality Control testing, including climatologically configurable limits
- qcradbeflux1long - Surface Radiation Measurement (BEFLUX input) QC testing, incl. climatologically configurable limits
- qcradbrs1long - Surface Radiation Measurement (BRS input) QC testing, incl. climatologically configurable limits
- (SWFLUXANAL) Shortwave Flux Analysis Process
- 15swfanalbrs1long - Short Wave Flux Analysis: 15-min resolution on BRS data, Long algorithm
- 15swfanalsiros1long - Short Wave Flux Analysis: 15-min resolution on SIROS data, Long algorithm
- 15swfanalsirs1long - Short Wave Flux Analysis: 15-min resolution on SIRS data, Long algorithm
- 15swfanalskyrad1long - Short Wave Flux Analysis: 15-min resolution on SKYRAD data, Long algorithm
- 1swfanalbrs1long - Short Wave Flux Analysis: 1-min resolution on BRS data, Long algorithm
- 1swfanalsiros1long - Short Wave Flux Analysis: 1-min resolution on SIROS data, Long algorithm
- 1swfanalsirs1long - Short Wave Flux Analysis: 1-min resolution on SIRS data, Long algorithm
- 1swfanalskyrad1long - Short Wave Flux Analysis: 1-min resolution on SKYAD data, Long algorithm
Datastreams including the measurement
- noaaradbrw - High resolution surface radiation data in netcdf format from Barrow