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The World Radiation Monitoring Center (WRMC) Baseline Surface Radiation Network (BSRN)

Entry ID: BSRN_RADIATION_NETWORK

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Summary

Abstract: [Source: Baseline Surface Radiation Network (BSRN) home page, http://www.bsrn.awi.de/ ]

BSRN is a project of the Radiation Panel from the Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment GEWEX under the umbrella of the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) and as such is aimed at detecting important changes in the Earth's radiation field at the Earth's surface which may be related to climate changes.

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Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

	N: 78.56	S: 78.56	E: 11.57	W: 11.57
Max Altitude: 11 METER

	N: 71.19	S: 71.19	E: -56.57	W: -56.57
Max Altitude: 8 METER

	N: 58.27	S: 58.27	E: 26.47	W: 26.47
Max Altitude: 70 METER

	N: 52.21	S: 52.21	E: 14.12	W: 14.12
Max Altitude: 125 METER

	N: 50.12	S: 50.12	E: -104.17	W: -104.17
Max Altitude: 578 METER

	N: 46.49	S: 46.49	E: 6.56	W: 6.56
Max Altitude: 491 METER

	N: 44.03	S: 44.03	E: 5.02	W: 5.02
Max Altitude: -100 METER

	N: 40.03	S: 40.03	E: -105.59	W: -105.59
Max Altitude: 1577 METER

	N: 36.36	S: 36.36	E: -97.29	W: -97.29
Max Altitude: 317 METER

	N: 36.03	S: 36.03	E: 140.08	W: 140.08
Max Altitude: 25 METER

	N: 32.16	S: 32.16	E: -64.2	W: -64.2
Max Altitude: 8 METER

	N: 8.43	S: 8.43	E: 167.44	W: 167.44
Max Altitude: 10 METER

	N: 8.32	S: 8.32	E: 4.34	W: 4.34
Max Altitude: 350 METER

	N: -23.42	S: -23.42	E: -133.52	W: -133.52
Max Altitude: 547 METER

	N: -27.28	S: -27.28	E: -48.29	W: -48.29
Max Altitude: 11 METER

	N: -69.0	S: -69.0	E: 39.35	W: 39.35
Max Altitude: 18 METER

	N: -70.39	S: -70.39	E: -8.15	W: -8.15
Max Altitude: 42 METER

	N: -90.0	S: -90.0	E: -0.0	W: -0.0
Max Altitude: 2841 METER

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: World Climate Research Programme (WCRP)

Dataset Title: Baseline Surface Radiation Network (BSRN)

Dataset Publisher: World Radiation Monitoring Center (WRMC)

Online Resource: http://www.bsrn.awi.de/

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1992-01-01

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > AFRICA > WESTERN AFRICA > NIGERIA > Ilorin

CONTINENT > AFRICA > SOUTHERN AFRICA > SOUTH AFRICA > De Aar

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE > AIR QUALITY > VISIBILITY

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > SEA LEVEL PRESSURE

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

ENVIRONMENT

Platform

FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS

METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS

Instrument

ANEMOMETERS

BAROMETERS

THERMOMETERS

PYRANOMETERS

Access Constraints BSRN data can be made available to external users for bona fide
research purposes at no cost. However, use of a particular station's
data and the World Radiation Monitoring Center (WRMC) must always be
explicitly acknowledged.

Ancillary Keywords

PAST WEATHER

PRESENT WEATHER

STATE OF THE GROUND

TOTAL OZONE AMOUNT

Data Set Progress

IN WORK

Data Center

Baseline Surface Radiation Network, World Radiation Monitoring Center