Citation:

PANGAEA.979681

Name: Basic measurements of radiation at station Paramaribo (2021-04)
Creator: Ankie Piters
Published: 2025-03-07
License: https://bsrn.awi.de/data/conditions-of-data-release/

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Published: 2025-03-07 • DOI registered: 2025-04-16

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Piters, Ankie (2025): BSRN Station-to-archive file for station Paramaribo (2021-04) [dataset]. ftp://ftp.bsrn.awi.de/par/par0421.dat.gz

Project(s):

Baseline Surface Radiation Network (BSRN)

Coverage:

Latitude: 5.806000 * Longitude: -55.214600

Date/Time Start: 2021-04-01T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2021-04-30T23:59:00

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:

From 4 to 19 April the tracker is not working properly after solar noon, DIR and DIF have been removed for these periods. LWD radiation during these periods is measured without shadowing the sun.

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 060149, WRMC No. 66002
4	Short-wave downward (GLOBAL) radiation, standard deviation	SWD std dev	W/m²	Piters, Ankie	Pyranometer, Kipp & Zonen, CM22, SN 060149, WRMC No. 66002
5	Short-wave downward (GLOBAL) radiation, minimum	SWD min	W/m²	Piters, Ankie	Pyranometer, Kipp & Zonen, CM22, SN 060149, WRMC No. 66002
6	Short-wave downward (GLOBAL) radiation, maximum	SWD max	W/m²	Piters, Ankie	Pyranometer, Kipp & Zonen, CM22, SN 060149, WRMC No. 66002
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 060150, WRMC No. 66003
12	Diffuse radiation, standard deviation	DIF std dev	W/m²	Piters, Ankie	Pyranometer, Kipp & Zonen, CM22, SN 060150, WRMC No. 66003
13	Diffuse radiation, minimum	DIF min	W/m²	Piters, Ankie	Pyranometer, Kipp & Zonen, CM22, SN 060150, WRMC No. 66003
14	Diffuse radiation, maximum	DIF max	W/m²	Piters, Ankie	Pyranometer, Kipp & Zonen, CM22, SN 060150, WRMC No. 66003
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:

746243 data points

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