Basic and other measurements of radiation at station Ny-Ålesund (2015-03)

• Main Authors: Maturilli, Marion, Ritter, Christoph
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2016
• Subjects: AC3; Air temperature at 2 m height; Arctic Amplification; AWIPEV; AWIPEV_based; BARO; Barometer; Baseline Surface Radiation Network; BSRN; DATE/TIME; Diffuse radiation; Direct radiation; HEIGHT above ground; Humidity; relative; HYGRO; Hygrometer; Long-wave downward radiation; Long-wave upward radiation; Monitoring station; MONS; NYA; Ny-Ålesund; Spitsbergen; Pyranometer; Kipp & Zonen; CMP22; SN 100218; WRMC No. 11024; SN 140005; WRMC No. 11027; WRMC No. 11028; Pyrgeometer; Eppley; PIR; SN 28859 F3; WRMC No. 11003; SN 28895 F3; WRMC No. 11004; Arctic; Ny Ålesund; Svalbard
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.854326; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.854326

On 20 March 2015, a total solar eclipse occurred over Ny-Ålesund (78.9° N, 11.9° E), Svalbard, in the high Arctic. It was the first time that the surface radiation components during the totality of a solar eclipse were measured by a Baseline Surface Radiation Network (BSRN) station. With the Ny-Ålesund long-term radiation data set as background (available at doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.150000), we present here the peculiarities of the radiation components and basic meteorology observed during the eclipse event. The supplementary data set contains the basic BSRN radiation and surface meteorological data in 1 min resolution for March 2015, and is available at doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.854326. The eclipse radiation data will be a useful auxiliary data set for further studies on micrometeorological surface-atmosphere exchange processes in the Svalbard environment, and may serve as a test case for radiative transfer studies.