Shortwave surface radiation network for observing small-scale cloud inhomogeneity fields

Madhavan, Bomidi Lakshmi; Kalisch, John; Macke, Andreas

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-1153-2016

Articles | Volume 9, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-1153-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-1153-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 9, issue 3

Research article

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18 Mar 2016

Research article |

| 18 Mar 2016

Shortwave surface radiation network for observing small-scale cloud inhomogeneity fields

Bomidi Lakshmi Madhavan, John Kalisch, and Andreas Macke

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RC C555: 'Comment on Shortwave surface radiation budget network for observing small-scale cloud inhomogeneity fields by Madhavan et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 05 Apr 2015
- AC C2233: 'responses_reviewer#2', Bomidi Lakshmi Madhavan, 27 Jul 2015
RC C649: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #1, 10 Apr 2015
- AC C2251: 'responses_reviewer#1', Bomidi Lakshmi Madhavan, 27 Jul 2015

Short summary

As part of the High Definition Clouds and Precipitation for advancing Climate Prediction Observational Prototype Experiment (HOPE), a high-density network of pyranometer stations (99 nos.) was set up around Jülich (10 km × 12 km area) from April to July 2013 to capture the small-scale variability of cloud-induced radiation fields at the surface. This paper provides the details of this unique setup of the network, data, quality control, uncertainty estimation and discussion of some case days.