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Radiative Flux Analysis Data Released for TRACER Campaign
This plot shows irradiance and albedo—surface reflectivity—from the RADFLUXANAL value-added product at the main site of the TRacking Aerosol Convection interactions ExpeRiment (TRACER) from June 20 to 21, 2022. The Radiative Flux Analysis value-added product (RADFLUXANAL VAP) is now available for the 2021–2022 TRacking Aerosol Convection interactions ExpeRiment (TRACER) near Houston, Texas. RADFLUXANAL calculates clear-sky irradiance…
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New Radiative Flux Analysis Data Produced for Southern Great Plains
This plot shows irradiance and albedo—surface reflectivity—from the Radiative Flux Analysis (RADFLUXANAL) value-added product at the Southern Great Plains Central Facility’s broadband radiometer station from June 15 to 16, 2021. The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility processes yearly data from the Radiative Flux Analysis value-added product (RADFLUXANAL VAP) to produce level 2 (c2) data.…
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New Broadband Irradiance Data Released for ARM Observatories
This collection of radiometers provides continuous measurements of broadband shortwave (solar) and longwave (infrared) irradiances for downwelling components. The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility processes yearly data from the Data Quality Assessment for ARM Radiation Data (QCRAD) and Radiative Flux Analysis (RADFLUXANAL) products to produce level 2 (c2) data. New c2-level data from QCRAD…
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Radiative Flux Analysis Data Released for Macquarie Island Campaign
This plot shows irradiance and albedo—surface reflectivity—from the Radiative Flux Analysis (RADFLUXANAL) value-added product for the Macquarie Island (MCQ) ARM site from December 31, 2016, to January 1, 2017. The Radiative Flux Analysis value-added product (RADFLUXANAL VAP) is now available for the 2016–2018 Macquarie Island Cloud and Radiation Experiment (MICRE) in the Southern Ocean. RADFLUXANAL…
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Radiative Flux Analysis Data Reprocessed for SGP Broadband Radiometer Station
This plot shows reprocessed irradiance and albedo—surface reflectivity—from the Radiative Flux Analysis (RADFLUXANAL) value-added product for the broadband radiometer station at ARM’s Southern Great Plains atmospheric observatory from April 22 to 23, 2019. All historical Radiative Flux Analysis value-added product (RADFLUXANAL VAP) data for the broadband radiometer station (BRS) at the Southern Great Plains atmospheric…
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Radiative Flux Analysis Data Released for COMBLE Campaign
This plot shows irradiance and albedo from the Radiative Flux Analysis (RADFLUXANAL) value-added product toward the end of the Cold-Air Outbreaks in the Marine Boundary Layer Experiment (COMBLE) in May 2020. The Radiative Flux Analysis value-added product (RADFLUXANAL VAP) is now available for the 2019–2020 Cold-Air Outbreaks in the Marine Boundary Layer Experiment (COMBLE) deployment…
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Reprocessed Radiative Flux Analysis VAP Data Now Available
This plot shows reprocessed irradiance and albedo from the Radiative Flux Analysis (RADFLUXANAL) value-added product for March 13, 2014, at ARM’s Eastern North Atlantic atmospheric observatory. Reprocessed data from the Radiative Flux Analysis (RADFLUXANAL) value-added product (VAP) have been released for multiple Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility sites. RADFLUXANAL calculates clear-sky irradiance in the…
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New Radiative Flux Analysis VAP Data Released
This plot shows irradiance and albedo from the Radiative Flux Analysis (RADFLUXANAL) value-added product for December 30, 2018, at ARM’s Eastern North Atlantic atmospheric observatory. An assortment of new data is now available from the Radiative Flux Analysis (RADFLUXANAL) value-added product (VAP). RADFLUXANAL calculates clear-sky irradiance in the shortwave and longwave surface fluxes from broadband…
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Broadband Irradiance VAPs Now Running at New SGP Extended Facilities
Data plots are shown for extended facilities E39, E40, and E41 located near Lamont, Oklahoma, for the best-estimate total downwelling shortwave irradiance from QCRAD. Two value-added products (VAPs)—Data Quality Assessment for ARM Radiation Data (QCRAD) and Radiative Flux Analysis (RADFLUX)—are now running at the new extended facilities at the ARM Climate Research Facility’s Southern Great…
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New Radiative Flux Analysis VAP Now Operational
Radiative flux analysis data of irradiance and cloud fraction are shown here for the Southern Great Plains. The Radiative Flux Analysis VAP is an implementation of a series of algorithms that estimate clear-sky broadband surface irradiances, cloud fraction, optical depth, cloud transmissivity, and cloud radiative effects. This VAP is an updated version of the Shortwave…