List of Publications
A compilation of the papers that the WRMC is currently aware of, and some publications concerning the establishment and development of the BSRN, is presented in the following list. If you know of any other paper that should be included in this list, please send an email to Andrea.Bleyer(at)awi.de.
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Establishment and development of the BSRN
Gilgen H., Whitlock C., Koch F., Müller G., Ohmura A., Steiger D. and Wheeler R. 1995
Technical Plan for BSRN (Baseline Surface Radiation Network) Data Management, Version 2.1 (final).
WMO/TD-No. 443, WCRP/WMO.
Hegner H., Müller G., Nespor V., Ohmura A., Steigrad R. and Gilgen H. 1998
Technical Plan for BSRN Data Management - 1998 Update.
WMO/TD-No. 882, WCRP/WMO. CLICK for online version
Heimo A., Vernez A. and Wasserfallen P. 1993
Baseline Surface Radiation Network (BSRN). Concept and Implementation of a BSRN Station.
WMO/TD-No. 579, WCRP/WMO.
Long C.N. and Dutton E.G. 2002
BSRN Global Network recommended QC tests, V2.0, BSRN Technical Report.
available via (pdf)
Long C.N. and Gaustad K.L. 2004
The Shortwave (SW) Clear-Sky Detection and Fitting Algorithm: Algorithm Operational Details and Explanations.
Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program Technical Report, ARM TR-004, 26 pp., Available via http://www.arm.gov.
Long C.N. and Shi Y. 2006
The QCRad Value Added Product: Surface Radiation Measurement Quality Control Testing, Including Climatologically Configurable Limits.
Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program Technical Report, ARM TR-074, 69 pp., Available via http://www.arm.gov.
Long C.N., Gotseff P. and Dutton E.G. 2008
Investigation of the downwelling LW differences between the Niamey AMF main and supplementary sites
Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program Technical Report, DOE/SC-ARM/TR-083, 22 pp., Available via http://www.arm.gov.
Major G. 1994
Baseline Surface Radiation Network (BSRN). Circumsolar Correction for Pyrheliometers and Diffusometers.
WMO/TD-No. 635, WCRP/WMO.
McArthur L.J.B. 2004
Baseline Surface Radiation Network (BSRN). Operations Manual.
WMO/TD-No. 879, WCRP/WMO. CLICK for online version
Shi Y. and Long C.N. 2002
Best Estimate Radiation Flux Value Added Product: Algorithm Operational Details and Explanations.
Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program Technical Report, ARM TR-008, 58 pp., Available via http://www.arm.gov.
WCRP-54. 1991
Radiation and Climate. Workshop on Implementation of the Baseline Surface Radiation Network. (Washington, DC, U.S.A., 3-5 December 1990)
WCRP-54, report no. 406, World Meteorological Organization, Geneva.
WCRP-64. 1991
Radiation and Climate. Second Workshop on the Implementation of the Baseline Surface Radiation Network. (Davos, Switzerland, 6-9 August 1991)
WCRP-64, report no. 453, WMO, Geneva.
WCRP. 1995
Baseline Surface Radiation Network (BSRN). Scientific Workshop and Review Meeting. (Zurich, Switzerland, 12-16 September 1994)
World Meteorological Organization, Geneva.
WCRP. 1997
Baseline Surface Radiation Network (BSRN). Scientific Workshop and Review Meeting. (Boulder, Colorado, USA, 12-16 August 1996)
WCRP, Informal Report No. 3/1997, World Meteorological Organization, Geneva.
WCRP. 2001
Baseline Surface Radiation Network (BSRN). Sixth BSRN Science and Review Workshop. (Melbourne, Australia, 1 - 5 May 2000)
WCRP, Informal Report No. 17/2001, World Meteorological Organization, Geneva. CLICK for online version
Younkin K. and Long C.N. 2004
Improved Correction of IR Loss in Diffuse Shortwave Measurements: An ARM Value Added Product.
Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program Technical Report, ARM TR-009, 50 pp., Available via http://www.arm.gov.
Reviewed scientific papers refering to BSRN
Allen R.P. 2000
Evaluation of simulated clear-sky longwave radiation using ground based observations.
J. Climate, 13, 1951-1964.
Augustine J.A., DeLuisi J.J. and Long C.N. 2000
SURFRAD - A National Surface Radiation Budget Network for Atmospheric Research.
BAMS, 81, 2341-2357.
Augustine J. A., Cornwall C.R., Hodges G.B., Long C.N., Medina C.I. and DeLuisi J.J. 2003
An automated method of MFRSR calibration for aerosol optical depth analysis with application to an Asian dust outbreak over the United States.
JAM, 42, 266-278
Augustine J.A., Hodges G.B., Cornwall C.R., Michalsky J.J. and Medina C.I. 2005
An update on SURFRAD - The GCOS Surface Radiation budget network for the continental United States.
J. Atmos. and Oceanic Tech., 22(10), 1460-1472.
Barnard, J. C. and C. N. Long. 2004
A Simple Empirical Equation to Calculate Cloud Optical Thickness Using Shortwave Broadband Measurement.
JAM, 43, 1057-1066.
Barnard, J. C., C. N. Long, E. I. Kassianov, S. A. McFarlane, J. M. Comstock, M. Freer and G. M. McFarquhar. 2008
Development and Evaluation of a Simple Algorithm to Find Cloud Optical Depth with Emphasis on Thin Ice Clouds.
OASJ, 2, 46-55, doi: 10.2174/1874282300802010046.
Bishop J.K.B., Rossow W.B. and Dutton E.G. 1997
Surface Solar Irradiance from ISCCP 1983-1991.
J. Geophys. Res. (Atmospheres), 102, 6883-6910.
Bodas-Salcedo A., Ringer M.A. and Jones A. 2008
Evaluation of the Surface Radiation Budget in the Atmospheric Component of the Hadley Centre Global Environmental Model (HadGEM1).
J. Clim., 21, 4723-4748.
Charlock T. P. and Alberta T.L. 1996
The CERES/ARM/GEWEX Experiment (CAGEX) for the retrieval of radiative fluxes with satellite data.
Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 77, 2673-2683.
Chevallier F. and Morcrette J.J. 2000
Comparison of model fluxes with surface and top-of-the-atmosphere observations.
Mon. Wea. Rev., 128, 3839-3852.
Dupont J.C., Haeffelin M. and Long C.N. 2008
Evaluation of cloudless-sky periods detected by shortwave and longwave algorithms using lidar measurements.
GRL 35(10), doi:10.1029/2008GL033658.
Dutton E.G., Farhadi A., Stone R.S., Long C.N. and Nelson D.W. 2004
Long-term variations in the occurrence and effective solar transmission of clouds as determined from surface-based total irradiance observations.
JGR, 109, D03204, doi:10.1029/2003JD003568.
Dutton E.G., Michalasky J.J., Stoffel T., Forgan B.W., Hickey J., Nelson D.W., Alberta T.L. and Reda I. 2001
Measurement of broadband diffuse sollar irradiance using current commercial instrumentation with a correction for thermal offset errors.
J. Atmos. and Oceanic Tech. , 18, 297-314.
Dutton E.G., Farhadi A., Stone R.S., Long C. and D.W. Nelson: 2004
Long-term variations in the occurrence and effective solar transmission of clouds determined from surface irradiance observations.
J. Geophys. Res., 109(D3), D0320410.1029/2003JD003568.
Forgan B. 1996
A new method for calibrating reference and filed pyranometers.
J. Atmos. and Oceanic Tech., 13, 638-645.
Gupta S.K., Kratz D.P., Wilber A.C. et al. 2004
Validation of parameterized algorithms used to derive TRMM-CERES surface radiative fluxes.
J. Atmos. and Oceanic Tech., 21(5), 742-752.
Hatzianastassiou N., Matsoukas C., Fotiadi A., Pavlakis K.G., Drakakis E., Hatzidimitriou D. and Vardavas I. 2001
Global distribution of Earth's surface shortwave radiation budget.
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 5, 2847-2867.
Ingold T., Schmid. B., Mätzler C., Demoulin P. and Kämpfer N. 2001
Ozone Column Density Determination from Direct Irradiance Measurements in the UV Performed by a Four Channel Precision Filter Radiometer
submitted to J. Geophys. Res.
Ingold T., Mätzler C., Wehrli C., Heimo A., Kämpfer N. and Philipona R. 2001
Ozone Column Density Determination from Direct Irradiance Measurements in the UV Performed by a Four Channel Precision Filter Radiometer.
Appl. Optics, 40, 1989-2003.
Jin, Zhonghai, Charlock T., Thomas P. and Rutledge K. 2002
Analysis of Broadband Solar Radiation and Albedo over the Ocean Surface at COVE.
J. Atmos. and Oceanic Tech., Vol. 19, No. 10, 1585-1601.
Koenig-Langlo G. and Augstein E. 1994
Parameterization of the Downward Long Wave Radiation at the Earth's Surface in Polar Regions.
Meteorologische Zeitschrift, N.F.3, H.6., 343-347.
Koenig-Langlo G. and Herber A. 1996
The Meteorological Data of the Neumayer Station (Antarctica) for 1992, 1993 and 1994.
Berichte zur Polarforschung, 187.
Kuipers-Munneke P., Reijmer C. H., van den Broeke M. R., König-Langlo G., Stammens P. and Knap W. H. 2008
Analysis of clear-sky Antarctic snow albedo using observations and radiative transfer modeling
J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 113, D17118, doi:10.1029/2007JD009653
Kuipers-Munnek P. 2009
Snow, ice and solar radiation
Ipskamp Drukkers BV, Enschede. ISBN: 978-90-393-5164-2.
Lee Hai-Tien, Ellingson and Robert G. 2002:
Development of a Nonlinear Statistical Method for Estimating the Downward Longwave Radiation at the Surface from Satellite Observations.
J. Atmos. and Oceanic Tech., Vol. 19, No. 10, 1500-1515.
Long C. N. and Ackerman T. P. 1995
Surface Measurements of Solar Irradiance: A Study of the Spatial Correlation between Simultaneous Measurements at Separated Sites.
J. appl. Meteorol., 34, 1039-1046.
Long C.N. and Ackerman T.P. 2000
Identification of Clear Skies from Broadband Pyranometer Measurements and Calculation of Downwelling Shortwave Cloud Effects.
JGR, 105, No. D12, 15609-15626.
Long C.N., Ackerman T.P., Gaustad K.L. and Cole J.N.S. 2006
Estimation of fractional sky cover from broadband shortwave radiometer measurements.
JGR, 111, D11204, doi:10.1029/2005JD006475.
Long C.N. and Shi Y. 2008
An Automated Quality Assessment and Control Algorithm for Surface Radiation Measurements.
TOASJ, 2, 23-37, doi: 10.2174/1874282300802010023.(pdf)
Martins F.R., Souza M.P. and Pereira E.B. 2003
Comparative study of satellite and ground techniques for cloud cover determination.
Calibration, characterization of satellite sensors, physical parameters derived from satellite data advances in space research., 32(11), 2275-2280.
Marty C., Philipona R., Delamere J., Dutton E.G., Michalsky J., Stamnes K., Storvold R., Stoffel T., Clough S.A. and Mlawer E.J. 2003
Downward longwave irradiance uncertainty under arctic atmospheres: Measurements and modeling.
J. Geophys. Res. , 108(D12), 4358, doi:10.1029/2002JD002937.
McFarlane S.A., Long C.N. and Flynn D.M. 2005
Impact of Island-Induced Clouds on Surface Measurements: Analysis of the ARM Nauru Island Effect Study Data.
JAM, 44, 1045-1065.
Meetschen D., van den Hurk B.J.J.M., Ament F. and Drusch M. 2004
Optimized surface radiation fields derived from Meteosat imagery.
J. Hydromet. , 5(6), 1091-1101.
Michalsky J., Dutton E.G., Rubes M., Nelson D., Stoffel T., Wesely M., Splitt M. and DeLuisi J. 1999
Optimal measurements of surface shortwave irradiance using current instrumentation.
J. Atmos. and Oceanic Tech. ,16, 55-69.
Michalsky J. J. et al. 2003
Results from the first ARM diffuse horizontal shortwave irradiance comparison
J. Geophys. Res., 108(D3), 4108, oi:10.1029/2002JD002825, 2003.
Michalsky J.J., Dolce R., Dutton E.G., Haeffelin M., Jeffries W., Stoffel T., Hickey J., Los A., Mathias D., McArthur B., Nelson D., Philipona R., Reda I., Rutledge K., Zerlaut G., Forgan B., Kiedron P., Long C. and Gueymard C. 2005
Toward the development of a diffuse horizontal shortwave irradiance working standard.
J. Geophys. Res., 110(D06107), doi:10.1029/2004JD005265.
Michalsky J. J., Dolce R., Dutton E.G., Haeffelin M., Jeffries W., Stoffel T., Hickey J., Los A., Mathias D., McArthur L.J.B., Nelson D., Philipona R., Reda I., Rutledge K., Zerlaut G., Forgan B., Kiedron P., Long C. and Gueymard C. 2005
Toward the Development of a Diffuse Horizontal Shortwave Irradiance Working Standard.
JGR, 110, D06107, doi:10.1029/2004JD005265.
Mitchell R. M. and Forgan B. W. 2003
Aerosol Measurement in the Australian Outback: Intercomparison of Sun Photometers.
J. Atmos. and Oceanic Tech., 20, 54-66.
Morcrette J.-J. 2000
On the effects of the temporal and spatial sampling of radiation fields on the ECMWF forecasts and analyses.
Mon. Wea. Rev., 128, 876-887.
Morcrette J.-J. 2002
The Surface Downward Longwave Radiation in the ECMWF Forecast System.
J. Climate, 15, 1875-1892.
Nowak D., Vuilleumier L., Long C.N. and Ohmura A. 2008
Solar irradiance computations compared with observations at the BSRN Payerne site.
J. Geophys. Res., 113, D14206, (http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2007JD009441).
Ohmura A. et. al. 1998
Baseline Surface Radiation Network (BSRN/WRMC), a new precision radiometry for climate research.
Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 79, 2115 - 2136.
Pereira E. B., Martins F. R., de Abreu S. L., Couto P., Stuhlmann R. and Colle S. 2000
Effects of Burning Biomass on Satellite Estimations of Solar Irradiation in Brazil.
Solar Energy, 68, 91-107.
Pavlakis K.G., Hatzidimitriou D., Matsoukas C., Drakakis E., Hatzianastassiou N. and Vardavas I. 2004
Ten-year global distribution of downwelling longwave radiation.
Atmos. Chem. and Phys., 4, 127-142.
Philipona R., Frohlich C. and Betz C. 1995
Characterization of pyrgeometers and the accuracy of atmospheric long-wave radiation measurements.
Appl. Op., 34, 1598-1605.
Philipona R. et. al. 1998
The Baseline Surface Radiation Network pyrgeometer round-robin calibration experiment.
J. Atmos. and Oceanic Tech., 15, 687-696.
Philipona R. and 12 co-authors 2001
Atmospheric Longwave irradiance uncertainty: Pyrgeometers compared to an absolute sky-scanning radiometer, AERI and radiative transfer model calculations.
J. Geophys. Res., in press.
Philipona R. 2002
Underestimation of solar global and diffuse radiation measured at Earth's surface.
J. Geophys. Res.,107(D22), 4654, doi:10.1029/2002JD002396, 2002.
Pinker R.T., Zhang B. and Dutton E.G. 2005
Do Satellites Detect Trends in Surface Solar Radiation?
Science, 308(5723), 850-854.
Reda I., Hickey J., Long C., Myers D., Stoffel T., Wilcox S., Michalsky J.J., Dutton E.G. and Nelson D. 2005
Using a blackbody to calculate net-longwave responsivity ofshortwave solar pyranometers to correct for their thermal offseterror during outdoor calibration using the summation method.
J. Oceanic and Atmos. Tech., 22, No. 10, 1531-1540.
Rimoczi-Paal A. 2002
Mapping of radiation balance components for region of Hungary using satellite information.
Phys. and Chem. of the Earth, 30(1-3), 151-158.
Vignola F., Long C.N. and Reda I. 2007
Evaluation of Methods to Correct for IR Loss in Eppley PSP Diffuse Measurements, Optical Modeling and Measurements for Solar Energy Systems (D.R.Meyers, Ed.), 6652, DOI: 10.1117/12.734474.
van den Broke M., König-Langlo G., Picard G., Munneke P.K., Lenaerts, J. 2009
Surface energy balance, melt and sublimation at Neumayer Station, East Antarctica, Antarctic science, doi:10.1017/S0954102009990538 .
Wielicki B.A., Cess R.D., King M.D., Randall D.A. and Harrison E. F. 1995
Mission to Planet Earth: Role of clouds and radiation in climate.
Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 76, 2125-2153.
Wild M., Ohmura A., Gilgen H. and Roeckner E. 1995
Validation of GCM Simulated Radiative Fluxes using Surface Observations.
J. Climate, 8, 1309-1324.
Wild M., Ohmura A., Gilgen H. and Roeckner E. 1995
Regional climate simulation with a high resolution GCM: surface radiative fluxes.
Climate Dynamics, 11, 469-486.
Wild M., Ohmura A. and Cubasch U. 1997
GCM simulated surface energy fluxes in climate change experiments.
J. Climate, 10, 3093-3110.
Wild M., Ohmura A., Gilgen H., Roeckner E., Giorgetta M. and Morcrette J.J. 1998
The disposition of radiative energy in the global climate system: GCM versus observational estimates.
Climate Dynamics, 14, 853-869.
Wild M., Ohmura A., Gilgen H. and Morcrette J.J. 1998b
The distribution of solar energy at the earth's surface as calculated in the ECMWF Re-analysis.
Geophys. Res. Lett., 25, 4373-4376.
Wild M. and Liepert B. 1998
Excessive transmission of solar radiation through the cloud-free atmosphere in GCMs.
Geophys. Res. Lett., 25, 2165-2168.
Wild M. 1999
Discrepancies between model-calculated and observed shortwave atmospheric absorption in areas with high aerosol loadings.
J.Geophys. Res., 104 (D22), 27361-2737.
Wild M., Ohmura A., Gilgen H., Morcrette J.J. and Slingo A. 2001
Evaluation of longwave downward radiation in General Circulation Models.
J. Climate, 14, 3227-3239.
Wild M. 2000
Absorption of solar energy in cloudless and cloudy atmospheres over Germany and in GCMs
Geophys. Res. Lett., 27, 959-962.
Wild M. and Cechet R. 2001
Downward longwave radiation in GCMs: a case study at a semi-arid continental site.
Tellus, 54A, 330-337.
Wild M., Gilgen H., Roesch A., Ohmura A., Long C.N., Dutton E. G., Forgan B., Kallis A., Russak V. and Tsvetkov A. 2005
From Dimming to Brightening: Decadal Changes in Solar Radiation at Earth's Surface.
Science, 308, Issue 5723, 847-850, [DOI: 10.1126/science.1103215].
Wild M., Long C.N. and Ohmura A. 2006
Evaluation of clear-sky solar fluxes in GCMs participating in AMIP and IPCC-AR4 from a surface perspective.
JGR, 111, D01104, doi:10.1029/2005JD006118.
Wild M., Grieser J. and Schär C. 2008
Combined surface solar brightening and greenhouse effect support recent intensification of the global land-based hydrological cycle.
Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L17706, doi:10.1029/2008GL034842.
Wild M., Trüssel B, Ohmura A., Long C.N., König-Langlo G, Dutton E and Tsvetkow A. 2009
Global dimming and brightening: An update beyond 2000.
J. Geophys. Res., 114, D00D13, doi: 10.1029/2008JD011382.
Zhang Y., Li Z. and Macke, A. 2002
Retrieval of Surface Solar Radiation Budget under Ice Cloud Sky: Uncertainty Analysis and Parameterization.
Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 59, 2951-2965.
Zhang Y.C., Rossow W.B., Lacis A.A., Oinas V. and Mishchenko M.I. 2004
Calculation of radiative fluxes from the surface to top of atmosphere based on ISCCP and other global data sets: Refinements of the radiative transfer model and the input data.
J. of Geophys. Res. (Atmosphere), 109(D19), D19105.
Other related reports and papers
de Abreu S., Colle S. and Almeida, A. P. 1998
Determinação de um Fator de Correção para a Radiação Solar Difusa Medida com Anel de Sombreamento
LATCYM/96, VII Congresso Latinoamericano de Transferencia de Calor y Materia, 5-8 October 1998, Salta - Argentina.
de Abreu S., Pereira E., Colle S. and Couto P. 1995
Validacao do Modelo de Estimacao de Radiacao Solar Incidente na Superficie Utilizando Imagens de Satelite.
COBEN-CITIN/95, 13th Brazilian Congress and 2nd Iberian American Congress of Mechanical Engineering.
Charlock T. P. 1997
Surface and Atmospheric Radiation Budget (SARB) Validation Plan for CERES Subsystem 5.0. Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) Validation Document
Genthon C., Town M. S., Six D., Favier V., Argentini S., and Pellegrini A. 2010
Meteorological atmospheric boundary layer measurements and ECMWF analyses during summer at Dome C, Antarctica.
Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 115, D05104, doi:10.1029/2009JD012741
Giorgetta M. and Wild M. 1995
The Water Vapor Continuum and its Representation in ECHAM4.
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Report 162.
Gupta S., Wilber A. and Ritchey N. 1997
Validation of Surface Longwave Fluxes Derived from Satellite Data.
9th Conference on Atmospheric Radiation (American Meteorological Society), Long Beach, California (USA), 2-7 February 1997
Marti C. 2000
Surface Radiation, Cloud Forcing and Greenhouse Effect in the Alps
ETHZ Dissertation No. 13609, , 68, Zurich, Switzerland.
Miskolczi F. and Koenig-Langlo G. 1996
Evaluation of Clear-sky Downward Longwave Irradiances as Observed in Arctic Atmospheres.
Department of Meteorology, University of Maryland and Alfred-Wegener-Institut für Polar- und Meeresforschung
Pereira E., de Abreu S., Colle S. and Couto P. 1996
Estimation of the Incident Solar Radiation by Radiative Transfer Model During SCAR-B.
SCAR-B Science Symposium 96, pp 99-101, 4-8 November 1996, Fortaleza CE.
Pereira E., de Abreu S., Stuhlmann R., Rieland M. and Colle S. 1996
Survey of Incident Solar Radiation in Brazil by use of METEOSAT Satellite Data.
Journal of the International Solar Energy Society.
Pereira E.B., Martins F.R., de Abreu S.L., Couto P., Colle S. and Stuhlmann R. 1999
Biomass Burning Controlled Modulation of the Solar Radiation in Brazil
Satellite Applications for Energy Budgets and the Hydrological Cycle, 24,971-975.
Wild, M. 1997
The heat balance of the Earth in GCM simulations of present and future climates.
Zuercher Geografische Schriften , 68, Verlag der Fachvereine, Zurich.
Wild M. and Ohmura A. 1999
The role of clouds and the cloud-free atmosphere in the problem of underestimated absorption of solar radiation in GCM atmospheres.
Physics and Chemistry of the Earth (B),, 24, 261-268.
Wild M. and Ohmura 2001
Longwave forcing at the surface as simulated in transient climate change experiments.Proceedings of IR2000 St. Petersburg (in press)