Radiation measurements in framework of the Surface Radiation Network - BSRN

Updated 2002-01-31

The Baseline Surface Radiation Network (BSRN) is a cooperative network of surface radiation budget. Measurement stations operated by various national agencies and universities under the guiding principle set out by the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP). Presently about 15 stations have been established, one of them is Ny-Ålesund. The concept for a Baseline Surface Radiation Network has developed from the needs of both the climate change and satellite validation communities. The aims of the programme are the monitoring of long-term trends in radiation fluxes at the surface and the providing validation data for satellite determinations of the surface radiation budget. The BSRN station Ny-Aalesund was installed in summer 1992 and is regularly operating since August 1992.

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Status: Ongoing
Project time span: 1992 - 2050
Data collection: 1992 -
Data processing: 1992 -
Data reporting: 1992 -

Contact information

Contact person: Andreas Herber
Address: Alfred Wegener Institute, Foundation for Polar and Marine Research Am Handelshafen 12 D-27570 Bremerhaven
Phone: +49 471 4831 1489
Fax: +49 471 4831 1425
Email: ed.nevahremerb-iwa@rebreha
Other project contacts: http://bsrn.ethz.ch/

Parameters and Media

Parameter groups measured/observed/modelled

Climate change effects

UV effects

Media sampled/studied/modelled

Geography

Regions studied: UV effects; UV effects

Data availability

Samples/specimens archived in specimen banks?: No

Methods & Procedures

Not specified

Additional Information

Is this a bi- AND multi-lateral project (i.e. a project involving cooperation between different countries)?: Yes
Other institutes involved in the project: Norsk Polarinstitutt (NP) Olso/Tromsø, Norwegen WMO – ETH Zürich, Schweiz
Is this project reporting to other organizations/programmes?: Baseline Surface Radiation Network (BSRN) which is a project of the World Radiation Monitoring Center (WRMC)