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General
The Baseline Surface Radiation Network (BSRN) is a project of the World Climate Research Program (WCRP) and its sub-program - GEWEX. BSRN is operationally responsible to the GEWEX Radiation Panel chaired by Dr Chris Kummerow. BSRN is now also a sub-program of GCOS, the Global Climate Observing System and answers to the GCOS AOPC. More information on these organizations can be found on their web sites (http://www.gewex.org, https://gcos.wmo.int/).
The central archive of the BSRN - the World Radiation Monitoring Center (WRMC) is hosted by AWI and within PANGAEA since 2007-12-01 (BSRN@AWI). Data were transfered from the original ftp-site at ETH until about 2008-03-01. A data overview is available at: https://dataportals.pangaea.de/bsrn/? The overview of BSRN collections in PANGAEA can be accessed via https://www.pangaea.de/?q=%40BSRNcollection .
Information on how to become a part of BSRN is given on the BSRN Homepage (http://bsrn.awi.de/en/stations/join-bsrn/). Contact details: https://bsrn.awi.de/contact-persons/
Sortable Table of Stations
| Station full name | Abbreviation | Location | Latitude | Longitude | Elevation | First dataset in archive | Upward fluxes (in LR) | Surface type | Topography type | Rural/Urban II | Comment / link to radiation data collection | Köppen-Geiger classification | NRT Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abashiri | ABS | Japan | 44.0178 | 144.2797 | 38 | 2021-03-01 | asphalt | flat | rural | Data collection: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.974699 | Dfb (Cold, no dry season, warm summer) | ||
| Alert | ALE | Canada, Lincoln Sea | 82.49 | -62.42 | 127 | 2004-08-16 | LR0300 | tundra | hilly | rural | Closed, Data collection: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.932867 | ET (Polar, tundra) | |
| Alice Springs | ASP | Australia, Northern Territory | -23.798 | 133.888 | 547 | 1995-01-01 | grass | flat | rural | inactive | BWh (Arid, desert, hot) | ||
| Barrow | BAR | USA , Alaska | 71.323 | -156.607 | 8 | 1992-01-01 | LR0300 | tundra | flat | rural | Data collection: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.959215 | ET (Polar, tundra) | https://gml.noaa.gov/grad/baseline/dataplot.html |
| Bermuda | BER | USA, Bermuda | 32.3008 | -64.766 | 8 | 1992-01-01 | water, ocean | flat | rural | Please note, coordinates were wrong and were corrected on 2022-04-19, for previous (wrong) coordinates see comment in https://dataportals.pangaea.de/bsrn/stations | Af (Tropical, rainforest) | ||
| Billings | BIL | USA, Oklahoma | 36.605 | -97.516 | 317 | 1993-06-01 | grass | flat | rural | Cfa (Temperate, no dry season, hot summer) | |||
| Bondville | BON | USA, Illinois | 40.0667 | -88.3667 | 213 | 1995-01-01 | LR3010 | grass | flat | rural | Dfa (Cold, no dry season, hot summer) | https://gml.noaa.gov/grad/surfrad/dataplot.html | |
| Boulder | BOS | USA, Colorado | 40.125 | -105.237 | 1689 | 1995-07-01 | LR3010 | grass | hilly | rural | BSk (Arid, steppe, cold) | ||
| Boulder | BOU | USA, Colorado | 40.05 | -105.007 | 1577 | 1992-01-01 | LR3300 | grass | flat | rural | Closed in July 2016, Data collection: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.932929 | BSk (Arid, steppe, cold) | |
| Brasilia | BRB | Brazil, Brasilia City | -15.601 | -47.713 | 1023 | 2006-02-01 | concrete, since 2015: shrub | flat | rural | Aw (Tropical, savannah) | |||
| Budapest-Lorinc | BUD | Hungary, Budapest | 47.4291 | 19.1822 | 139.1 | 2019-06-01 | LR0300 | grass | flat | rural | Data collection: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.946379 | Dfb (Cold, no dry season, warm summer) | |
| Cabauw | CAB | Netherlands | 51.968 | 4.928 | 0 | 2005-12-01 | LR0300 | grass | flat | rural | Data collection: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.940531; coordinates corrected from lat: 51.9711 long: 4.9267 to current values on 2022-12-01 | Cfb (Temperate, no dry season, warm summer) | |
| Camborne | CAM | United Kingdom | 50.2167 | -5.3167 | 88 | 2001-01-01 | grass | flat | rural | Data collection: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.945262 | Cfb (Temperate, no dry season, warm summer) | ||
| Cape Baranova | CAP | Russia | 79.27 | 101.75 | 20-30 | 2016-01-01 | LR0300 | tundra | flat | rural | Inactive | ET (Polar, tundra) | |
| Carpentras | CAR | France | 44.083 | 5.059 | 100 | 1996-08-01 | cultivated | hilly | rural | Closed in Dec 2018, Data collection: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.932930 | Csa (Temperate, dry summer, hot summer) | ||
| Chesapeake Light | CLH | USA, North Atlantic Ocean | 36.905 | -75.713 | 37 | 2000-06-01 | LR0300 | water, ocean | flat | rural | Closed in Nov 2016, Data collection: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.933174 | ||
| Cener | CNR | Spain, Navarra | 42.816 | -1.601 | 471 | 2009-07-01 | asphalt | mountain valley | urban | Data collection: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.931893 | Cfb (Temperate, no dry season, warm summer) | ||
| Cocos Island | COC | Australia, Cocos (Keeling) Islands | -12.193 | 96.835 | 6 | 2004-09-14 | grass | flat | rural | Af (Tropical, rainforest) | |||
| De Aar | DAA | South Africa | -30.6667 | 23.993 | 1287 | 2000-05-01 | sand | flat | rural | BSk (Arid, steppe, cold) | |||
| Darwin | DAR | Australia | -12.425 | 130.891 | 30 | 2002-06-01 | LR3010 | grass | flat | rural | Closed Jan 2015 | Aw (Tropical, savannah) | |
| Concordia Station, Dome C | DOM | Antarctica | -75.1 | 123.383 | 3233 | 2006-01-01 | LR0300 | glacier, accumulation area | flat | rural | Data collection: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.935421 | EF (Polar, frost) | |
| Desert Rock | DRA | USA, Nevada | 36.626 | -116.018 | 1007 | 1998-02-01 | LR3010 | desert, gravel | flat | rural | BWk (Arid, desert, cold) | https://gml.noaa.gov/grad/surfrad/dataplot.html | |
| Darwin Met Office | DWN | Australia | -12.424 | 130.8925 | 32 | 2008-04-01 | grass | flat | rural | inactive | Aw (Tropical, savannah) | ||
| Southern Great Plains | E13 | USA, Oklahoma | 36.605 | -97.485 | 318 | 1997-08-01 | LR3010 | grass | flat | rural | Data collection: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.967083 | Cfa (Temperate, no dry season, hot summer) | |
| Eastern North Atlantic | ENA | Portugal, Azores | 39.0911 | -28.0292 | 15.2 | grass | hilly | rural | Inactive | Csa (Temperate, dry summer, hot summer) | |||
| Eureka | EUR | Canada, Ellesmere Island | 79.989 | -85.9404 | 85 | 2007-09-01 | tundra | hilly | rural | Closed, Data collection: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.933177 | ET (Polar, tundra) | ||
| Florianopolis | FLO | Brazil, South Atlantic Ocean | -27.6047 | -48.5227 | 11 | 1994-06-01 | concrete | mountain valley | urban | Data collection: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.974493 | Cfa (Temperate, no dry season, hot summer) | ||
| Fort Peck | FPE | USA, Montana | 48.3167 | -105.1 | 634 | 1995-01-01 | LR3010 | grass | flat | rural | BSk (Arid, steppe, cold) | https://gml.noaa.gov/grad/surfrad/dataplot.html | |
| Fukuoka | FUA | Japan | 33.5822 | 130.3764 | 3 | 2010-04-01 | asphalt | flat | urban | Closed; Data collection: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.968880 | Cfa (Temperate, no dry season, hot summer) | ||
| Gandhinagar | GAN | India | 23.1101 | 72.6276 | 65 | 2014-05-19 | shrub | flat | urban | Inactive | BSh (Arid, steppe, hot) | ||
| Goodwin Creek | GCR | USA, Mississippi | 34.2547 | -89.8729 | 98 | 1995-01-01 | LR3010 | grass | hilly | rural | Cfa (Temperate, no dry season, hot summer) | https://gml.noaa.gov/grad/surfrad/dataplot.html | |
| Granite Island | GIM | USA, Michigan | 46.721 | -87.411 | 208 | 2019-01-01 | grass | flat | urban | Data collection: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.971609 | Dfb (Cold, no dry season, warm summer) | ||
| Gobabeb | GOB | Namibia, Namib Desert | -23.5614 | 15.042 | 407 | 2012-05-15 | LR0300 | desert gravel | flat | rural | Data collection: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.968639 | BWh (Arid, desert, hot) | https://mcr.unibas.ch/dolueg2/index.php?project=namibia&var=1 |
| Gurgaon | GUR | India | 28.4249 | 77.156 | 259 | 2014-04-21 | shrub | flat | urban | Inactive | BSh (Arid, steppe, hot) | ||
| Georg von Neumayer | GVN | Antarctica, Dronning Maud Land | -70.65 | -8.25 | 42 | 1992-01-01 | LR0300 | iceshelf | flat | rural | Data collection: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.932418 | ||
| Howrah | HOW | India | 22.5535 | 88.3064 | 51 | 2014-06-15 | shrub | flat | urban | Inactive | Aw (Tropical, savannah) | ||
| Ilorin | ILO | Nigeria | 8.5333 | 4.5667 | 350 | 1992-08-01 | shrub | flat | rural | Station closed in mid-2005, no funding, Data collection: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.914421 | Aw (Tropical, savannah) | ||
| Marguele | INO | Romania | 44.3439 | 26.0123 | 110 | 2021-05-01 | cultivated | flat | rural | Data collection: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.946380 | Dfa (Cold, no dry season, hot summer) | ||
| Ishigakijima | ISH | Japan | 24.3367 | 124.1644 | 5.7 | 2010-04-01 | asphalt | flat | rural | Data collection: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.972475 | Af (Tropical, rainforest) | ||
| Izaña | IZA | Spain, Tenerife | 28.3093 | -16.4993 | 2372.9 | 2009-03-01 | LR0300 | rock | mountain top | rural | Data collection: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.968676 | Csb (Temperate, dry summer, warm summer) | |
| Kwajalein | KWA | Marshall Islands | 8.72 | 167.731 | 10 | 1992-03-01 | water, ocean | flat | rural | Closed | Af (Tropical, rainforest) | ||
| Lampedusa | LMP | Italy, Mediterranean | 35.518 | 12.63 | 50 | 2023-12-01 | grass | flat | rock | Data collection: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.973604 | BSh (Arid, steppe, hot) | ||
| Lauder | LAU | New Zealand | -45.045 | 169.689 | 350 | 1998-07-01 | grass | flat | rural | inactive | Cfb (Temperate, no dry season, warm summer) | ||
| Lerwick | LER | United Kingdom, Shetland Island | 60.1389 | -1.1847 | 80 | 2001-01-01 | grass | hilly | rural | Data collection: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.945264 | Cfc (Temperate, no dry season, cold summer) | ||
| Lindenberg | LIN | Germany | 52.21 | 14.122 | 125 | 1994-09-01 | cultivated | hilly | rural | Data collection: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.946382 | Dfb (Cold, no dry season, warm summer) | ||
| Langley Research Center | LRC | USA, Virginia | 37.1038 | -76.3872 | 3 | 2014-12-01 | grass | flat | urban | Data collection: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.971610 | Cfa (Temperate, no dry season, hot summer) | ||
| Lanyu Station | LYU | Taiwan | 22.037 | 121.5583 | 324 | 2018-07-01 | forest, mixed | mountain top | rural | Data collection: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.980501 | Af (Tropical, rainforest) | ||
| Momote | MAN | Papua New Guinea | -2.058 | 147.425 | 6 | 1996-09-01 | grass | flat | rural | Closed late 2013 | Af (Tropical, rainforest) | ||
| Minamitorishima | MNM | Japan, Minami-Torishima | 24.2883 | 153.9833 | 7.1 | 2010-04-01 | water (ocean) | flat | rural | Data collection: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.973454 | |||
| Nauru Island | NAU | Nauru | -0.521 | 166.9167 | 7 | 1998-11-01 | rock | flat | rural | Closed late 2013 | Af (Tropical, rainforest) | ||
| Newcastle | NEW | Australia | -32.8842 | 151.7289 | 18.5 | 2017-09-01 | grass | hilly | urban | inactive | Cfa (Temperate, no dry season, hot summer) | ||
| Ny-Ålesund | NYA | Norway, Spitsbergen | 78.9227 | 11.9273 | 11 | 1992-08-01 | LR0300 | tundra | mountain valley | rural | Data collection: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.914927 | ET (Polar, tundra) | |
| Observatory of Huancayo | OHY | Peru | -12.05 | -75.32 | 3314 | 2017-08-01 | LR0300 | grass | mountain valley | rural | Cwb (Temperate, dry winter, warm summer) | https://www.igp.gob.pe/programas-de-investigacion/ciencias-de-la-atmosfera-e-hidrosfera/facilidad/microfisica/monitoreo/ | |
| Palaiseau, SIRTA Observatory | PAL | France | 48.713 | 2.208 | 156 | 2003-05-01 | concrete | flat | urban | Data collection: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.946383 | Cfb (Temperate, no dry season, warm summer) | ||
| Paramaribo | PAR | Surinam | 5.806 | -55.2146 | 4 | 2019-01-01 | grass | flat | urban | Data collection: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.979681 | Af (Tropical, rainforest) | ||
| Payerne | PAY | Switzerland | 46.8123 | 6.9422 | 491 | 1992-09-01 | LR0300,LR3010,LR3030 | cultivated | hilly | rural | Data collection: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.946384 | Dfb (Cold, no dry season, warm summer) | |
| Rock Springs | PSU | USA, Pennsylvania | 40.72 | -77.9333 | 376 | 1998-05-01 | LR3010 | cultivated | mountain valley | rural | Dfa (Cold, no dry season, hot summer) | ||
| Petrolina | PTR | Brazil | -9.069 | -40.320 | 387 | 2006-12-01 | concrete, since 2015: shrub | flat | rural | Inactive | BSh (Arid, steppe, hot) | ||
| Regina | REG | Canada | 50.205 | -104.713 | 578 | 1995-01-01 | cultivated | flat | rural | Closed end of 2011 | Dfb (Cold, no dry season, warm summer) | ||
| Rolim de Moura | RLM | Brazil | -11.582 | -61.773 | 252 | 2007-01-01 | concrete | flat | rural | Closed in 2008 | Aw (Tropical, savannah) | ||
| Reunion Island, University | RUN | Reunion | -20.9014 | 55.4836 | 116 | 2019-06-01 | concrete | flat | rural | Data collection: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.962049 | Am (Tropical, monsoon) | ||
| Sapporo | SAP | Japan | 43.06 | 141.3286 | 17.2 | 2010-04-01 | asphalt | flat | urban | Closed in Nov 2020, Data collection: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.938654 | Dfb (Cold, no dry season, warm summer) | ||
| Sede Boqer | SBO | Israel | 30.8597 | 34.7794 | 500 | 2003-01-01 | desert rock | hilly | rural | Closed 2012, Data collection: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.932871 | BWh (Arid, desert, hot) | ||
| Selegua, Mexico Solarimetric Station | SEL | Mexico | 15.784 | -91.9902 | 602 | 2020-01-01 | LR0300 | grass | flat | rural | Data collection: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.971683 | Aw (Tropical, savannah) | |
| São Martinho da Serra | SMS | Brazil | -29.4428 | -53.8231 | 489 | 2006-01-01 | concrete, since 2015: grass | flat | rural | Inactive | Cfa (Temperate, no dry season, hot summer) | ||
| Sonnblick | SON | Austria | 47.054 | 12.9577 | 3108.9 | 2013-01-01 | rock | mountain top | rural | Data collection: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.946389 | ET (Polar, tundra) | ||
| Solar Village | SOV | Saudi Arabia | 24.91 | 46.41 | 650 | 1998-08-01 | LR3030 | desert, sand | flat | rural | Closed/no longer maintained since 2002, Data collection: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.932870 | BWh (Arid, desert, hot) | |
| South Pole | SPO | Antarctica | -89.983 | -24.799 | 2800 | 1992-01-01 | LR0300 | glacier, accumulation area | flat | rural | Data collection: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.956847 | EF (Polar, frost) | |
| Sioux Falls | SXF | USA, South Dakota | 43.73 | -96.62 | 473 | 2003-06-01 | LR3010 | grass | hilly | rural | Dfa (Cold, no dry season, hot summer) | https://gml.noaa.gov/grad/surfrad/dataplot.html | |
| Syowa | SYO | Antarctica | -69.0053 | 39.5811 | 29 | 1994-01-01 | LR0300 | sea ice | hilly | rural | Data collection: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.956748 | ||
| Tamanrasset | TAM | Algeria | 22.7903 | 5.5292 | 1385 | 2000-03-01 | desert, rock | flat | rural | No DIR and DIF data at TAM since 2018: Due to a broken tracker which could not yet be replaced the DIR and DIF data at Tamanrasset is missing since February 2018. Data collection: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.965124 | BWh (Arid, desert, hot) | ||
| Tateno | TAT | Japan | 36.0581 | 140.1258 | 25 | 1996-02-01 | LR0300 | grass | flat | urban | Data collection: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.968727 | Cfa (Temperate, no dry season, hot summer) | |
| Tiksi | TIK | Russia, Siberia | 71.5862 | 128.9188 | 48 | 2010-06-08 | LR0300 | tundra | flat | rural | Inactive; Data collection: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.959213 | ET (Polar, tundra) | |
| Tiruvallur | TIR | India | 13.0923 | 79.9738 | 36 | 2014-04-16 | rock | flat | urban | Inactive | |||
| Terra Nova Bay | TNB | Antarctica | -74.6223 | 164.2283 | 28 | rock | hilly | rural | Candidate Station (no. 89) | Aw (Tropical, savannah) | |||
| Toravere | TOR | Estonia | 58.2641 | 26.4613 | 70 | 1999-01-01 | LR0300 | grass | flat | rural | Data collection: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.946387, Old lat/long (58.254, 26.462) not exact, this was changed on 2023-01-12. | Dfb (Cold, no dry season, warm summer) | |
| Xianghe | XIA | China | 39.754 | 116.962 | 32 | 2005-01-01 | desert, rock | flat | rural | Station obstructed, no longer in BSRN since 2016, Data collection: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.931828 | Dwa (Cold, dry winter, hot summer) | ||
| Yushan Station | YUS | Taiwan | 23.4876 | 120.9595 | 3858 | 2018-04-01 | forest, mixed | mountain top | rural | Data collection: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.931894 | ET (Polar, tundra) | http://bsrn.atm.ncu.edu.tw/ |
Web links
- The Köppen-Geiger climate classification was assumed after Beck et al. (2018; https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2018.214), considering their product at 0.083° resolution, available at https://www.eea.europa.eu/ds_resolveuid/4228270e318b4d14816a214bb23c9c4e . A detailed description of the Köppen-Geiger classification is available at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification
- BSRN homepage
- Data status in PANGAEA
- World Radiation Data Centre (WRDC) (NO relation to BSRN, aggregated (lower resolution) radiation data from a larger number of stations)