The Austrian radiation monitoring network ARAD &ndash; best practice and added  value

Olefs, Marc; Baumgartner, Dietmar J.; Obleitner, Friedrich; Bichler, Christoph; Foelsche, Ulrich; Pietsch, Helga; Rieder, Harald E.; Weihs, Philipp; Geyer, Florian; Haiden, Thomas; Schöner, Wolfgang

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-1513-2016

Articles | Volume 9, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-1513-2016

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

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-1513-2016

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

Articles | Volume 9, issue 4

Research article

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06 Apr 2016

Research article |

| 06 Apr 2016

The Austrian radiation monitoring network ARAD – best practice and added value

Marc Olefs, Dietmar J. Baumgartner, Friedrich Obleitner, Christoph Bichler, Ulrich Foelsche, Helga Pietsch, Harald E. Rieder, Philipp Weihs, Florian Geyer, Thomas Haiden, and Wolfgang Schöner

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RC C3668: 'Solar and infrared radiation measurements in a national network', Joseph Michalsky, 29 Oct 2015
RC C3739: 'Review', Rolf Philipona, 05 Nov 2015
EC C4283: 'Associate Editor Comments', Christof Ammann, 11 Dec 2015
AC C4884: 'Response to reviewer comments and the associate editor', Marc Olefs, 14 Jan 2016

Short summary

We present the Austrian RADiation monitoring network (ARAD) that has been established to advance national climate monitoring and to support satellite retrieval, atmospheric modeling and solar energy techniques' development. Measurements cover the downwelling solar and thermal infrared radiation using instruments according to Baseline Surface Radiation Network (BSRN) standards. The paper outlines the aims and scopes of ARAD, its measurement and calibration standards, methods and strategies.