The multi-filter rotating shadowband radiometer (MFRSR) - precision infrared radiometer (PIR) platform in Fairbanks: Scientific objectives

• Main Authors: Stamnes, K., Leontieva, E.
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES ;44 INSTRUMENTATION; INCLUDING NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE DETECTORS; RADIOMETERS; PERFORMANCE; CLOUDS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; MOISTURE; SOLAR RADIATION; TRANSMISSION; ALASKA; DATA PROCESSING; ARCTIC REGIONS; ALBEDO; Arctic; Fairbanks; albedo; north slope; Alaska
• Online Access: http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/263558; https://www.osti.gov/biblio/263558

The multi-filter rotating shadowband radiometer (MFRSR) and precision infrared radiometer (PIR) have been employed at the Geophysical Institute in Fairbanks to check their performance under arctic conditions. Drawing on the experience of the previous measurements in the Arctic, the PIR was equipped with a ventilator to prevent frost and moisture build-up. We adopted the Solar Infrared Observing Sytem (SIROS) concept from the Southern Great Plains Cloud and Radiation Testbed (CART) to allow implementation of the same data processing software for a set of radiation and meteorological instruments. To validate the level of performance of the whole SIROS prior to its incorporation into the North Slope of Alaska (NSA) Cloud and Radiation Testbed Site instrumental suite for flux radiatin measurements, the comparison between measurements and model predictions will be undertaken to assess the MFRSR-PIR Arctic data quality.