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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
Projects
BOREAS
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
1
Processing Level
3
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Atmospheric Water Vapor ,
Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness

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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: 2026-09-17

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Effects of absorbing aerosols on the determination of the surface solar radiation 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 North, Peter R. J. Atmospheric Water Vapor, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness
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