Articles | Volume 16, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-1563-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-1563-2023
Research article
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27 Mar 2023
Research article |  | 27 Mar 2023

A new airborne broadband radiometer system and an efficient method to correct dynamic thermal offsets

André Ehrlich, Martin Zöger, Andreas Giez, Vladyslav Nenakhov, Christian Mallaun, Rolf Maser, Timo Röschenthaler, Anna E. Luebke, Kevin Wolf, Bjorn Stevens, and Manfred Wendisch

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Measurements of the broadband radiative energy budget from aircraft are needed to study the effect of clouds, aerosol particles, and surface conditions on the Earth's energy budget. However, the moving aircraft introduces challenges to the instrument performance and post-processing of the data. This study introduces a new radiometer package, outlines a greatly simplifying method to correct thermal offsets, and provides exemplary measurements of solar and thermal–infrared irradiance.
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