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BOREAS RSS-11 Ground Sunphotometer Data

Creator: ORNL_CLOUD
Keywords: Atmospheric Water Vapor,Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness

r11sunpd_297

Version

DOI

https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/297

Citation

Center/Project

Oak Ridge National Laboratory DAAC (ORNL DAAC)

Data at a Glance

Data Format

ASCII

Dataset Size

5.375 MB

Spatial Extent

N: 55.75 S: 53.2 E: -97.83 W: -106.07

Temporal Extent

1994-01-01 to 1996-12-30

Coordinate System

CARTESIAN

Granule Spatial Representation

CARTESIAN

Description

The BOREAS RSS-11 team operated a network of five automated (Cimel) and two hand-held (Miami) solar radiometers from 1994 to 1996 during the BOREAS field campaigns. The data provide aerosol optical depth measurements, size distribution, phase function, and column water vapor amounts over points in northern Saskatchewan and Manitoba, Canada. The data are useful for the correction of remotely sensed aircraft and satellite images. The data are provided in tabular ASCII files.

Product Summary

Platforms

FIELD INVESTIGATION

Instruments

SUN PHOTOMETERS

Spatial Extent

N: 55.75 S: 53.2 E: -97.83 W: -106.07

Coordinate System

CARTESIAN

Granule Spatial Representation

CARTESIAN

Temporal Extent

1994-01-01 to 1996-12-30

Data Partner

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

Concept ID

C2807644583-ORNL_CLOUD

Data State

COMPLETE

Number of Files/Granules

Processing Level

Published

1999-01-30

Updated

2023-11-22

Science Keywords

Atmospheric Water Vapor ,

Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness

Citation

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Markham, B. L., & Schafer, J. S. (1998). BOREAS RSS-11 Ground Sunphotometer Data (Version 1). ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/297 Date Accessed: 2026-05-03

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
Estimation of aerosol opacity and land surface bidirectional reflectance from ATSR-2 dual-angle imagery: Operational method and validation	2002	North, Peter R. J.	Atmospheric Water Vapor, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness