Citation:

PANGAEA.979681 (dataset in review)

Name: Basic measurements of radiation at station Paramaribo (2020-12)
Creator: Ankie Piters
Published: 2025-02-10
License: https://bsrn.awi.de/data/conditions-of-data-release/

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Published: 2025-02-10 • DOI registered: 2025-03-11

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Piters, Ankie (2025): BSRN Station-to-archive file for station Paramaribo (2020-12) [dataset]. ftp://ftp.bsrn.awi.de/par/par1220.dat.gz

Project(s):

Baseline Surface Radiation Network (BSRN)

Coverage:

Latitude: 5.806000 * Longitude: -55.214600

Date/Time Start: 2020-12-01T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2020-12-31T23:59:00

Minimum HEIGHT above ground: 2 m * Maximum HEIGHT above ground: 2 m

Event(s):

PAR (Paramaribo) * Latitude: 5.806000 * Longitude: -55.214600 * Date/Time: 2019-01-01T00:00:00 * Elevation: 4.0 m * Location: South America, Surinam * Method/Device: Monitoring station (MONS) * Comment: BSRN Station no: 66; Surface type: grass; Topography type: flat, urban; Horizon: doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.931001; Station scientist: Ankie Piters (piters@knmi.nl)

Comment:

The pyranometer for SWD has a small scratch on the dome, resulting in higher values at low solar elevation: GLOB/(DIR+DIF) > 1.08 for angles below 15 degree. After 17 December the pyranometers for SWD and DIF are switched so that the effect is gone.

Parameter(s):

#	Name	Short Name	Unit	Principal Investigator	Method/Device	Comment
1	DATE/TIME	Date/Time		Piters, Ankie		Geocode
2	HEIGHT above ground	Height	m	Piters, Ankie		Geocode
3	Short-wave downward (GLOBAL) radiation	SWD	W/m²	Piters, Ankie	Pyranometer, Kipp & Zonen, CM22, SN 060150, WRMC No. 66003	Changed to WRMC No. 66002 at 2020-12-17T11:00
4	Short-wave downward (GLOBAL) radiation, standard deviation	SWD std dev	W/m²	Piters, Ankie	Pyranometer, Kipp & Zonen, CM22, SN 060150, WRMC No. 66003	Changed to WRMC No. 66002 at 2020-12-17T11:00
5	Short-wave downward (GLOBAL) radiation, minimum	SWD min	W/m²	Piters, Ankie	Pyranometer, Kipp & Zonen, CM22, SN 060150, WRMC No. 66003	Changed to WRMC No. 66002 at 2020-12-17T11:00
6	Short-wave downward (GLOBAL) radiation, maximum	SWD max	W/m²	Piters, Ankie	Pyranometer, Kipp & Zonen, CM22, SN 060150, WRMC No. 66003	Changed to WRMC No. 66002 at 2020-12-17T11:00
7	Direct radiation	DIR	W/m²	Piters, Ankie	Pyrheliometer, Kipp & Zonen, CH1, SN 070598, WRMC No. 66001
8	Direct radiation, standard deviation	DIR std dev	W/m²	Piters, Ankie	Pyrheliometer, Kipp & Zonen, CH1, SN 070598, WRMC No. 66001
9	Direct radiation, minimum	DIR min	W/m²	Piters, Ankie	Pyrheliometer, Kipp & Zonen, CH1, SN 070598, WRMC No. 66001
10	Direct radiation, maximum	DIR max	W/m²	Piters, Ankie	Pyrheliometer, Kipp & Zonen, CH1, SN 070598, WRMC No. 66001
11	Diffuse radiation	DIF	W/m²	Piters, Ankie	Pyranometer, Kipp & Zonen, CM22, SN 060149, WRMC No. 66002	Changed to WRMC No. 66003 at 2020-12-17T11:00
12	Diffuse radiation, standard deviation	DIF std dev	W/m²	Piters, Ankie	Pyranometer, Kipp & Zonen, CM22, SN 060149, WRMC No. 66002	Changed to WRMC No. 66003 at 2020-12-17T11:00
13	Diffuse radiation, minimum	DIF min	W/m²	Piters, Ankie	Pyranometer, Kipp & Zonen, CM22, SN 060149, WRMC No. 66002	Changed to WRMC No. 66003 at 2020-12-17T11:00
14	Diffuse radiation, maximum	DIF max	W/m²	Piters, Ankie	Pyranometer, Kipp & Zonen, CM22, SN 060149, WRMC No. 66002	Changed to WRMC No. 66003 at 2020-12-17T11:00
15	Long-wave downward radiation	LWD	W/m²	Piters, Ankie	Pyrgeometer, Kipp & Zonen, CG4, SN 060901, WRMC No. 66004
16	Long-wave downward radiation, standard deviation	LWD std dev	W/m²	Piters, Ankie	Pyrgeometer, Kipp & Zonen, CG4, SN 060901, WRMC No. 66004
17	Long-wave downward radiation, minimum	LWD min	W/m²	Piters, Ankie	Pyrgeometer, Kipp & Zonen, CG4, SN 060901, WRMC No. 66004
18	Long-wave downward radiation, maximum	LWD max	W/m²	Piters, Ankie	Pyrgeometer, Kipp & Zonen, CG4, SN 060901, WRMC No. 66004
19	Air temperature at 2 m height	T2	°C	Piters, Ankie	Thermometer
20	Humidity, relative	RH	%	Piters, Ankie	Hygrometer (HYGRO)
21	Station pressure	PoPoPoPo	hPa	Piters, Ankie	Barometer (BARO)

License:

Baseline Surface Radiation Network License 1.0 (BSRN-1.0)

Status:

Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)

Size:

752504 data points

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