Citation:

PANGAEA.947041

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Abstract:

The ideal site for the measurement of solar and terrestrial radiation for meteorological purposes is one that has a completely flat horizon. The WMO Guide to Meteorological Instruments and Methods of Observation (WMO No. 8) recommends that if possible no obstruction should be present, particularly within the azimuth range of sunrise and sunset over the year. This dataset describes the horizon at the BSRN radiation site HOW as additional information on the site's surroundings.

Project(s):

Baseline Surface Radiation Network (BSRN)

Coverage:

Latitude: 22.553530 * Longitude: 88.306440

Date/Time Start: 2014-06-15T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2014-06-15T00:00:00

Minimum Elevation: 51.0 m * Maximum Elevation: 51.0 m

Event(s):

HOW (Howrah) * Latitude: 22.553530 * Longitude: 88.306440 * Date/Time: 2014-06-15T00:00:00 * Elevation: 51.0 m * Location: India * Method/Device: Monitoring station (MONS) * Comment: BSRN Candidate. Station no: 57; Surface type: shrub, Topography type: flat, urban; Horizon: doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.947041; Station scientist: Kadhirvel Boopathi (boopathi.niwe@nic.in)

Parameter(s):

#	Name	Short Name	Unit	Principal Investigator	Method/Device	Comment
1	Azimuth	Azim	deg	Ramanathan, Karthik
2	Elevation angle	alpha	deg	Ramanathan, Karthik

License:

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0)

Status:

Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)

Size:

720 data points

Data

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