Citation:

PANGAEA.979681

Name: Basic measurements of radiation at station Paramaribo (2024-05)
Creator: Ankie Piters
Published: 2025-09-22
License: https://bsrn.awi.de/data/conditions-of-data-release/

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Published: 2025-09-22 • DOI registered: 2025-10-24

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Piters, Ankie (2025): BSRN Station-to-archive file for station Paramaribo (2024-05) [dataset]. ftp://ftp.bsrn.awi.de/par/par0524.dat.gz

Project(s):

Baseline Surface Radiation Network (BSRN)

Coverage:

Latitude: 5.806000 * Longitude: -55.214600

Date/Time Start: 2024-05-01T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2024-05-31T23:59:00

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 solar tracker is not working since 15 January. Therefore, direct and diffuse radiation are not included in this file. Downward longwave radiation 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:

453668 data points

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