Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
AMT
Articles | Volume 11, issue 1
Articles | Volume 11, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-177-2018
© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-177-2018
© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Articles | Volume 11, issue 1
Research article
 | 
11 Jan 2018
Research article |  | 11 Jan 2018

Synoptic ozone, cloud reflectivity, and erythemal irradiance from sunrise to sunset for the whole earth as viewed by the DSCOVR spacecraft from the earth–sun Lagrange 1 orbit

Jay Herman, Liang Huang, Richard McPeters, Jerry Ziemke, Alexander Cede, and Karin Blank

Data sets

DSCOVR Data and Information, DSCOVR EPIC L2 AER, TO3, and SO2 Product Release Atmospheric Science Data Center (ASDC) https://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/project/dscovr/dscovr_table

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Short summary
We launched the DSCOVR spacecraft to an orbit located near the earth–sun gravitational plus centrifugal force balance point known as Lagrange 1. One of the earth-viewing instruments, EPIC, measures earth-reflected radiances in 10 wavelength channels ranging from 317.5 nm to 779.5 nm. We use the UV channels to retrieve O3 and scene reflectivity, and to derive the first measurement of erythemal flux (sunburn) from sunrise to sunset at the earth's surface.
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