Articles | Volume 9, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-1513-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-1513-2016
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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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.