Measurement : Shortwave narrowband total downwelling irradiance

The rate at which radiant energy, in narrow bands of wavelengths shorter than approximately 4 {mu}m, passes through a horizontal unit area in a downward direction.

Categories
Radiometric

Instruments

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.

  • ARM Instruments
    • MFRSR : Multifilter Rotating Shadowband Radiometer
    • NFOV : Narrow Field of View Zenith Radiometer
    • NIMFR : Normal Incidence Multifilter Radiometer
  • External Instruments
    • USDARAD : US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Radiation Monitoring Data
  • Field Campaign Instruments
    • AOD : Aerosol Optical Depth, derived from MFRSR/NIMFR
    • RAD-AIR : Airborne Radiometers
    • G-1 : Gulfstream
    • MFRSR : Multifilter Rotating Shadowband Radiometer
    • NFOV : Narrow Field of View Zenith Radiometer
    • SOAR : Shipboard Oceanographic and Atmospheric Radiation
    • TCRSR : Thin Cloud Rotating Shadowband Radiometer
    • OTTER : Twin Otter

Value-Added Products

  • AOD : Aerosol Optical Depth, derived from MFRSR/NIMFR (Process)
    • MFRSRAOD1MICH : MFRSR: derived total & aerosol optical depth from 1st Michalsky algorithm
    • NIMFRAOD1MICH : NIMFR: derived total & aerosol optical depth from 1st Michalsky algorithm

Datastreams

  • MFRSR : Multifilter Rotating Shadowband Radiometer Datastreams
    • MFRSR : Multi-Filter Rotating Shadowband Radiometer (MFRSR): irradiances