Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program (ARM)  View Catalog Page Entry ID
GGD609
Summary
The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program's primary objective is to test and improve General Circulation Model (GCM) parameterizations of clouds and their effect on the radiative energy balance. The ARM Program focuses on six research areas: 1) aerosols, 2) clouds, 3) longwave radiation, 4) shortwave radiation, 5) surface energy exchange (or flux), and 6) atmospheric state. Meteorology data from the North Slope of Alaska/Adjacent Arctic Ocean Cloud and Radiation Testbed (CART) site at Barrow, Alaska include wind speed, wind direction, air temperature, humidity, barometric pressure, visibility, and precipitation for the atmospheric column above the site. Radiation measurements at the site include longwave and shortwave radiation, including infrared and solar radiation. Solar radiation data include total daily solar radiation, direct-beam normal irradiance, downwelling hemispheric diffuse irradiance, and downwelling hemispheric irradiance. Infrared radiation data include radiance spectra ensemble (1800-3020 cm-1 and 520-1800 cm-1), mean radiances for short- and longwave wavenumbers, downwelling hemispheric infrared irradiance, longwave scene radiance spectral averages (AERI Ch1), longwave scene variability spectral averages (AERI Ch1), and net radiation.
Data are available at http://www.archive.arm.gov/armlogin/login.jsp. The ARM measurements are aggregated together in data files. A data file usually contains a time series of one or more measurements for a known time interval and a single location. Most data are stored in netCDF format. Some data files also contain one or more measurements distributed over a region from a single time (e.g., satellite images); these data are stored in HDF format.
Geographic Coverage
Spatial Coordinates:
N: 71.323°
S: 71.323°
E: -156.616°
W: -156.616°
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Data Set Citation
Dataset Creator: Hans Verlinde
Dataset Title: Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program (ARM)
Dataset Release Date: 2003-05-06
Dataset Release Place: Boulder, Colorado USA
Dataset Publisher: NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/ggd609.html
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 1989-01-01
Stop Date: 2003-12-31
Location Keywords
- CONTINENT NORTH AMERICA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BARROW, ALASKA, US
Science Keywords
- Atmosphere Atmospheric Pressure Surface Pressure
- Atmosphere Atmospheric Radiation Incoming Solar Radiation
- Atmosphere Atmospheric Radiation Net Radiation
- Atmosphere Atmospheric Radiation Outgoing Longwave Radiation
- Atmosphere Atmospheric Radiation Shortwave Radiation
- Atmosphere Atmospheric Radiation Solar Radiation
- Atmosphere Atmospheric Temperature Air Temperature
- Atmosphere Atmospheric Water Vapor Humidity
- Atmosphere Atmospheric Winds Surface Winds
- Atmosphere Precipitation Precipitation Amount
Ancillary Keywords
- Atmospheric radiation
- Infrared radiation
- Meteorology
- Radiation
- Solar Radiation
Data Center
NSIDC Frozen Ground Data Center
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/fgdc/
Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC FGDC User Services
Phone: 1 303 492-6199
Fax: 1 303 492-2468
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Address:
- National Snow and Ice Data Center
- CIRES, 449 UCB
- University of Colorado
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Personnel
Hans Verlinde
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 1 814 863-9711
Fax: 1 814 865-3663
Email: verlinde@ems.psu.edu
Contact Address:
- Pennsylvania State University
- Dept. of Meteorology
- 0516 WALKER BLDG
City: UNIVERSITY PARK
Province or State: PA
Postal Code: 16802
Metadata Name and Version
Metadata Name: CEOS IDN DIF
Metadata Version: 9.7
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2003-05-06
Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-02-13
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