Baseline Surface Radiation Network (BSRN)
| BSRN-9, Lindenberg | BSRN Contacts | BSRN Station Map |
NEW: BSRN Archive Moving to Alfred Wegener Institute
The BSRN data archive activities are being re-established at the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) in Bremerhaven, Germany under the direction of Dr. Gert König-Langlo. Prof. Peter Lemke, Head, AWI Climate Sciences Division, who recently served as chair of the WCRP Joint Scientific Committee, has been a strong advocate for re-establishing the BSRN archive at AWI.
The move of the archive from Zurich ETH was necessitated by Dr. Atsumu Ohmura's retirement. BSRN is grateful and indebted to Dr. Ohmura and his staff for establishing the original archive and continuing its operations for over 15 years.
| Special note for BSRN site scientists regarding data submission: There will be an extended transition period to the new archive. During this time everyone is strongly urged to continue all data submittal to the old archive address in Zurich. ETHZ will continue with the data ingest until the new archive is ready to take over that activity in mid-2008. Scientists are urgently requested to resume your data submission to the extent possible so that there will not be a large back log at the new archive with the transition is complete. Further announcements will be made concerning the change in data submission to the new archive. Some of the archive functions relating to the data dissemination and web development will begin at AWI around the first of next year and you should expect to hear more news as the transition progress. |
About BSRN:
Because of the important role radiation plays in the climate system, BSRN was established to provide a worldwide network to continuously measure radiative fluxes at the Earth's surface. Over 30 stations located throughtout the world are planned for BSRN. Many of these stations began operation in 1992 and each year more are added to the network. These stations provide data for the calibration of the Surface Radiation Budget (SRB) Project and other satellite-based measurements of radiative fluxes. BSRN data are also used to validate radiative flux models. The data are currently archived at the World Radiation Monitoring Center (WRMC) in Zurich, Switzerland. In 2004, the Joint Planning Staff (JPS) for the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) endorsed BSRN as the global surface radiation network for the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS).
BSRN Objectives
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Monitor the background shortwave and longwave radiative components (least influenced by immediate human activities which are regionally concentrated) and their changes with the best methods currently available.
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Provide data for the calibration of satellite-based estimates of the surface radiative fluxes.
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Produce high quality observational data to be used for validating the theoretical computations of radiative fluxes by models.
Existing and Planned BSRN Stations as of June 2006
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9th BSRN Scientific Review and Workshop
29 May 2006 - 2 June 2006, Lindenberg, Germany
- Final BSRN-9 Report
- Listing of Participants (updated 23 August 2006)
- Presentation
- BSRN Working Group Structure and Status
- Proposed BSRN Spectral Transmission File Formats for Aerosol Optical Depth
BSRN Points of Contact
World Radiation Monitoring Center
Division of Climate Research
Institute of Geography
Zurich, Switzerland
WRMC Data Manager and Technical Support
Dr. Andreas Roesch
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BSRN Project Manager
Dr. Ellsworth G. Dutton
NOAA/GMD
Boulder, Colorado, USA
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BSRN Science Chair
Dr. William Rossow
NASA/Goddard Institute for Space Studies
New York, NY USA
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