Citation:

PANGAEA.979681

Name: Basic measurements of radiation at station Paramaribo (2024-04)
Creator: Ankie Piters
Published: 2025-09-04
License: https://bsrn.awi.de/data/conditions-of-data-release/

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Published: 2025-09-04 • DOI registered: 2025-10-07

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Piters, Ankie (2025): BSRN Station-to-archive file for station Paramaribo (2024-04) [dataset]. ftp://ftp.bsrn.awi.de/par/par0424.dat.gz

Project(s):

Baseline Surface Radiation Network (BSRN)

Coverage:

Latitude: 5.806000 * Longitude: -55.214600

Date/Time Start: 2024-04-01T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2024-04-30T23:59:00

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:

The solar tracker is not working since 15 January. Therefore, direct and diffuse radiation are not included in this file. Downward longwave radiation (LWD) 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, CMP22, SN 22180605, WRMC No. 66006
4	Short-wave downward (GLOBAL) radiation, standard deviation	SWD std dev	W/m²	Piters, Ankie	Pyranometer, Kipp & Zonen, CMP22, SN 22180605, WRMC No. 66006
5	Short-wave downward (GLOBAL) radiation, minimum	SWD min	W/m²	Piters, Ankie	Pyranometer, Kipp & Zonen, CMP22, SN 22180605, WRMC No. 66006
6	Short-wave downward (GLOBAL) radiation, maximum	SWD max	W/m²	Piters, Ankie	Pyranometer, Kipp & Zonen, CMP22, SN 22180605, WRMC No. 66006
7	Long-wave downward radiation	LWD	W/m²	Piters, Ankie	Pyrgeometer, Kipp & Zonen, CG4, SN 060901, WRMC No. 66004
8	Long-wave downward radiation, standard deviation	LWD std dev	W/m²	Piters, Ankie	Pyrgeometer, Kipp & Zonen, CG4, SN 060901, WRMC No. 66004
9	Long-wave downward radiation, minimum	LWD min	W/m²	Piters, Ankie	Pyrgeometer, Kipp & Zonen, CG4, SN 060901, WRMC No. 66004
10	Long-wave downward radiation, maximum	LWD max	W/m²	Piters, Ankie	Pyrgeometer, Kipp & Zonen, CG4, SN 060901, WRMC No. 66004
11	Air temperature at 2 m height	T2	°C	Piters, Ankie	Thermometer
12	Humidity, relative	RH	%	Piters, Ankie	Hygrometer (HYGRO)
13	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:

462872 data points

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