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BOREAS RSS-12 Automated Ground Sunphotometer Measurements in the SSA

Creator: ORNL_CLOUD
Keywords: Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness

r12sunpd_299

Version

DOI

https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/299

Citation

Center/Project

Oak Ridge National Laboratory DAAC (ORNL DAAC)

Data at a Glance

Data Format

ASCII

Dataset Size

2.219 MB

Spatial Extent

N: 53.8 S: 53.75 E: -105.27 W: -105.33

Temporal Extent

1994-05-25 to 1994-09-19

Coordinate System

CARTESIAN

Granule Spatial Representation

CARTESIAN

Description

The BOREAS RSS-12 team collected both ground and airborne sunphotometer measurements for use in characterizing the aerosol optical properties of the atmosphere during the BOREAS data collection activities. These measurements are to be used to: 1) measure the magnitude and variability of the aerosol optical depth in both time and space; 2) determine the optical properties of the boreal aerosols; and 3) atmospherically correct some remotely sensed data acquired during BOREAS. These data cover selected days and times from May to September 1994 and were taken from one of two ground sites near Candle Lake in the SSA. The data described in this document are from the field sunphotometer data.

Product Summary

Platforms

FIELD INVESTIGATION

Instruments

SUN PHOTOMETERS

Spatial Extent

N: 53.8 S: 53.75 E: -105.27 W: -105.33

Coordinate System

CARTESIAN

Granule Spatial Representation

CARTESIAN

Temporal Extent

1994-05-25 to 1994-09-19

Data Partner

THE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY (ORNL) DISTRIBUTED ACTIVE ARCHIVE CENTER (DAAC) (ORNL_DAAC)

Concept ID

C2807644739-ORNL_CLOUD

Data State

COMPLETE

Number of Files/Granules

Processing Level

Published

1999-01-30

Updated

2023-11-22

Science Keywords

Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness

Citation

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Wrigley, R. C. (1999). BOREAS RSS-12 Automated Ground Sunphotometer Measurements in the SSA (Version 1). ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/299 Date Accessed: 2026-05-02

Documents

USER'S GUIDE

ORNL DAAC Data Set Documentation

GENERAL DOCUMENTATION

Publications Citing This Dataset

Title	Year Sort ascending	Author	Topic
Effects of absorbing aerosols on the determination of the surface solar radiation	2003	Feng, Jian, Leighton, Henry G.	Precipitation Amount, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Surface Winds, Humidity, Air Temperature, Surface Temperature, Solar Irradiance, Net Radiation, Longwave Radiation, Heat Flux, Surface Pressure, Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Temperature, Canopy Characteristics, Water Vapor, Reflectance, Leaf Characteristics, Soil Heat Budget, Shortwave Radiation, Atmospheric Water Vapor, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness
Validation of a DDV-based aerosol optical depth retrieval algorithm using multialtitude spectral imagery	1999		Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Reflectance