Earth System Science Data www.earth-syst-sci-data.net 1866-3508 1866-3516 3 1 2011 10.5194/essd-3-1-2011 http://www.earth-syst-sci-data.net/3/1/2011/ http://www.earth-syst-sci-data.net/3/1/2011/essd-3-1-2011.html http://www.earth-syst-sci-data.net/3/1/2011/essd-3-1-2011.pdf 1 8 2011-01-14 Polar baseline surface radiation measurements during the International Polar Year 2007–2009 C. Lanconelli c.lanconelli@isac.cnr.it M. Busetto E. G. Dutton G. König-Langlo M. Maturilli R. Sieger V. Vitale T. Yamanouchi Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, Bologna, Italy National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, Colorado, USA Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven, Germany National Institute of Polar Research, Tokyo, Japan Downwelling and upwelling shortwave and longwave radiation components from six active polar sites, taking part of the Baseline Surface Radiation Network (BSRN), were selected for the period of the last International Polar Year (March 2007 to March 2009), and included in the BSRN-IPY dataset, along with metadata and supplementary data for some of the stations. Two sites, located at Svalbard archipelago (Ny Ålesund) and Alaska (Barrow), represent Arctic sea-level conditions. Four Antarctic stations represent both sea-level (Dronning Maud Land and Cosmonaut Sea) and high-elevation conditions (South Pole and East Antarctic Plateau). The BSRN-IPY dataset content and quality are discussed. The dataset is now available at <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.737668" target="_blank">doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.737668</a>, and can be used for free after accepting the BSRN data release guidelines. The dataset has been summarized as monthly averages and subject to further evaluation according to strict criteria not previously applied. Dutton, E. G.: Tenth session of the baseline surface radiation network (BSRN), De Bilt, The Netherlands, 7–11 July, 2008, WCRP Informal report No 11/2008, available at: http://wcrp.wmo.int/documents/bsrn10_report.pdf, 2008. Dutton, E. G. and Erlich, D.: 11th BSRN Scientific Review and Workshop Queenstown, New Zealand, 13–16 April 2010, available at: http://gewex.org/images/BSRN-11summary.pdf, 2010. Dong, X., Xi, B., Crosby, K., Long, C.N., Stone, R. and Shupe M.: A 10-yr Climatology of Arctic Cloud Fraction and Radiative Forcing at Barrow, Alaska, J. Geophys. Res., 115, D17212, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2009JD013489doi:10.1029/2009JD013489, 2010. Hegner, H., Müller, G., Nespor, V., Ohmura, A., Steigrad R., and Gilgen H.: Technical Plan for BSRN Data Management – 1998 Update, WMO/TD-No 882, WCRP/WMO, 1998. Heimo, A., Vernez, A., and Wasserfallen, P.: Baseline Surface Radiation Network (BSRN), Concept and Implementation of a BSRN Station, WMO/TD-No. 579, WCRP/WMO, 1993. König-Langlo, G. and Augstein, E.: Parameterization of the downward long-wave radiation at the Earth's surface in polar regions, Meteorol. Z., N.F.3, H. 6, 343–347, 1994. Long, C. N. and Dutton, E. G. : BSRN Global Network recommended QC tests, V2.0, BSRN Technical Report, 2002. %http://www.bsrn.awi.de/fileadmin/user_upload/Home/Publications/BSRN_recommended_QC_tests_V2.pdfBSRN archive website Long, C. N. and Shi, Y.: An Automated Quality Assessment and Control Algorithm for Surface Radiation Measurements, The Open Atmospheric Science Journal, 2, 23–27, 2008. McArthur, L. J. B.: Baseline Surface Radiation Network (BSRN), Operations Manual, WMO/TD-No. 879, WCRP/WMO, 2004. McArthur, L. J. B.: Baseline Surface Radiation Network (BSRN), Operations Manual Version 2.1, WMO/TD-No. 1274, WCRP/WMO, 2005. Michalsky, J. J.: The astronomical almanac's algorithm for approximate solar position (1950–2050), Sol. Energy, 40, 227–235, 1988. Ohmura, A., Dutton, E. G., Forgan, B., Frohlich, C., Gilgen, H., Hegner, H., Heimo, A., König-Langlo, G. McArthur, B., Muller, G., Philipona, R., Pinker, R., Whitlock, C.H., Dehne, K., and Wild, M.: Baseline Surface Radiation Network (BSRN/WRMC), a new precision radiometry for climate research, B. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 79, 2115–2136, 1998. Philipona, R., Frohlich, C., and Betz, C. H.: Characterisation of pyrgeometers and accuracy of atmospheric long-wave radiation measurements, Appl. Opt., 34, 9, 1598–1605, 1995. %\bibitem[]BSRNREP10