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Title: Surface Energy Balance System (SEBS) Instrument Handbook

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1004944· OSTI ID:1004944

A Surface Energy Balance System (SEBS) has been installed collocated with each deployed ECOR system at the Southern Great Plains (SGP), North Slope of Alaska (NSA), Tropical Western Pacific (TWP), ARM Mobile Facility 1 (AMF1), and ARM Mobile Facility 2 (AMF2). The surface energy balance system consists of upwelling and downwelling solar and infrared radiometers within one net radiometer, a wetness sensor, and soil measurements. The SEBS measurements allow the comparison of ECOR sensible and latent heat fluxes with the energy balance determined from the SEBS and provide information on wetting of the sensors for data quality purposes.

Research Organization:
DOE Office of Science Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science and Technology (EM-50); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
DOE Contract Number:
DE-AC02-06CH11357
OSTI ID:
1004944
Report Number(s):
DOE/SC-ARM-TR-092; TRN: US201120%%335
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English