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Title: Providing Diurnal Sky Cover Data at ARM Sites

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1171949· OSTI ID:1171949
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  1. Solmirus Corporation, Colorado Springs, CO (United States)

The Solmirus Corporation was awarded two-year funding to perform a comprehensive data analysis of observations made during Solmirus’ 2009 field campaign (conducted from May 21 to July 27, 2009 at the ARM SGP site) using their All Sky Infrared Visible Analyzer (ASIVA) instrument. The objective was to develop a suite of cloud property data products for the ASIVA instrument that could be implemented in real time and tailored for cloud modelers. This final report describes Solmirus’ research and findings enabled by this grant. The primary objective of this award was to develop a diurnal sky cover (SC) data product utilizing the ASIVA’s infrared (IR) radiometrically-calibrated data and is described in detail. Other data products discussed in this report include the sky cover derived from ASIVA’s visible channel and precipitable water vapor, cloud temperature (both brightness and color), and cloud height inferred from ASIVA’s IR channels.

Research Organization:
Solmirus Corporation, Colorado Springs, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
Contributing Organization:
DOE ARM Facility Southern Great Plains Site, Billings, OK (United States). Climate Research; Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
SC0008650
OSTI ID:
1171949
Report Number(s):
DOE-SOLMIRUS-08650
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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