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Title: Aerosol Optical Depth Value-Added Product for the SAS-He Instrument

Abstract

The Shortwave Array Spectroradiometer – Hemispheric (SAS-He) is a ground-based, shadowband instrument that measures the direct and diffuse solar irradiance. In this regard, the instrument is similar to the Multi-Filter Rotating Shadowband Radiometer (MFRSR) – an instrument that has been in the ARM suite of instruments for more than 15 years. However, the two instruments differ significantly in wavelength resolution and range. In particular, the MFRSR only observes the spectrum in six discrete wavelength channels of about 10 nm width from 415 to 940 nm. The SAS-He, in contrast, incorporates two fiber-coupled grating spectrometers: a Si CCD spectrometer with over 2000 pixels covering the range from 325-1040 nm with ~ 2.5 nm resolution ,and an InGaAs array spectrometer with 256 pixels covering the wavelength range from 960-1700 nm with ~ 6 nm resolution.

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [2]
  1. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
  2. University of Nevada Reno
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
DOE Office of Science Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
1226568
Report Number(s):
DOE/SC-ARM/TR-133
PNNL-22846
DOE Contract Number:  
DE-AC05-7601830
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Citation Formats

Ermold, B, Flynn, CJ, and Barnard, J. Aerosol Optical Depth Value-Added Product for the SAS-He Instrument. United States: N. p., 2013. Web. doi:10.2172/1226568.
Ermold, B, Flynn, CJ, & Barnard, J. Aerosol Optical Depth Value-Added Product for the SAS-He Instrument. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1226568
Ermold, B, Flynn, CJ, and Barnard, J. 2013. "Aerosol Optical Depth Value-Added Product for the SAS-He Instrument". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1226568. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1226568.
@article{osti_1226568,
title = {Aerosol Optical Depth Value-Added Product for the SAS-He Instrument},
author = {Ermold, B and Flynn, CJ and Barnard, J},
abstractNote = {The Shortwave Array Spectroradiometer – Hemispheric (SAS-He) is a ground-based, shadowband instrument that measures the direct and diffuse solar irradiance. In this regard, the instrument is similar to the Multi-Filter Rotating Shadowband Radiometer (MFRSR) – an instrument that has been in the ARM suite of instruments for more than 15 years. However, the two instruments differ significantly in wavelength resolution and range. In particular, the MFRSR only observes the spectrum in six discrete wavelength channels of about 10 nm width from 415 to 940 nm. The SAS-He, in contrast, incorporates two fiber-coupled grating spectrometers: a Si CCD spectrometer with over 2000 pixels covering the range from 325-1040 nm with ~ 2.5 nm resolution ,and an InGaAs array spectrometer with 256 pixels covering the wavelength range from 960-1700 nm with ~ 6 nm resolution.},
doi = {10.2172/1226568},
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place = {United States},
year = {Wed Nov 27 00:00:00 EST 2013},
month = {Wed Nov 27 00:00:00 EST 2013}
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