Ocean surface radiation measurement best practices
Ocean surface radiation measurement best practices
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2024-05-23
Authors
Riihimaki, Laura D.
Cronin, Meghan F.
Acharya, Raja
Anderson, Nathan
Augustine, John A.
Balmes, Kelly A.
Berk, Patrick
Bozzano, Roberto
Bucholtz, Anthony
Connell, Kenneth J.
Cox, Christopher J.
di Sarra, Alcide G.
Edson, James B.
Fairall, Christopher W.
Farrar, J. Thomas
Grissom, Karen
Guerra, Maria Teresa
Hormann, Verena
Joseph, Jossia K.
Lanconelli, Christian
Melin, Frederic
Meloni, Daniela
Ottaviani, Matteo
Pensieri, Sara
Ramesh, Krishnamoorthy
Rutan, David A.
Samarinas, Nikiforos
Smith, Shawn R.
Swart, Sebastiaan
Tandon, Amit
Thompson, Elizabeth J.
Venkatesan, Ramasamy
Verma, Raj Kumar
Vitale, Vito
Watkins-Brandt, Katie S.
Weller, Robert A.
Zappa, Christopher J.
Zhang, Dongxiao
Cronin, Meghan F.
Acharya, Raja
Anderson, Nathan
Augustine, John A.
Balmes, Kelly A.
Berk, Patrick
Bozzano, Roberto
Bucholtz, Anthony
Connell, Kenneth J.
Cox, Christopher J.
di Sarra, Alcide G.
Edson, James B.
Fairall, Christopher W.
Farrar, J. Thomas
Grissom, Karen
Guerra, Maria Teresa
Hormann, Verena
Joseph, Jossia K.
Lanconelli, Christian
Melin, Frederic
Meloni, Daniela
Ottaviani, Matteo
Pensieri, Sara
Ramesh, Krishnamoorthy
Rutan, David A.
Samarinas, Nikiforos
Smith, Shawn R.
Swart, Sebastiaan
Tandon, Amit
Thompson, Elizabeth J.
Venkatesan, Ramasamy
Verma, Raj Kumar
Vitale, Vito
Watkins-Brandt, Katie S.
Weller, Robert A.
Zappa, Christopher J.
Zhang, Dongxiao
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10.3389/fmars.2024.1359149
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Ocean radiation
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Surface radiation budget
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Abstract
Ocean surface radiation measurement best practices have been developed as a first step to support the interoperability of radiation measurements across multiple ocean platforms and between land and ocean networks. This document describes the consensus by a working group of radiation measurement experts from land, ocean, and aircraft communities. The scope was limited to broadband shortwave (solar) and longwave (terrestrial infrared) surface irradiance measurements for quantification of the surface radiation budget. Best practices for spectral measurements for biological purposes like photosynthetically active radiation and ocean color are only mentioned briefly to motivate future interactions between the physical surface flux and biological radiation measurement communities. Topics discussed in these best practices include instrument selection, handling of sensors and installation, data quality monitoring, data processing, and calibration. It is recognized that platform and resource limitations may prohibit incorporating all best practices into all measurements and that spatial coverage is also an important motivator for expanding current networks. Thus, one of the key recommendations is to perform interoperability experiments that can help quantify the uncertainty of different practices and lay the groundwork for a multi-tiered global network with a mix of high-accuracy reference stations and lower-cost platforms and practices that can fill in spatial gaps.
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© The Author(s), 2024. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. The definitive version was published in Riihimaki L. D., Cronin M. F., Acharya R., Anderson N., Augustine J. A., Balmes K. A., Berk P., Bozzano R., Bucholtz A., Connell K.J., Cox C.J., di Sarra A.G., Edson J., Fairall C.W., Farrar J. T., Grissom K., Guerra M.T., Hormann V., Joseph K.J., Lanconelli C., Melin F., Meloni D., Ottaviani M., Pensieri S., Ramesh K., Rutan D., Samarinas N., Smith S.R., Swart S., Tandon A., Thompson E.J., Venkatesan R., Verma R.K., Vitale V., Watkins-Brandt K.S., Weller R.A., Zappa C. J.,& Zhang, D. (2024). Ocean surface radiation measurement best practices. Frontiers in Marine Science, 11, 1359149, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2024.1359149.
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Riihimaki L. D., Cronin M. F., Acharya R., Anderson N., Augustine J. A., Balmes K. A., Berk P., Bozzano R., Bucholtz A., Connell K.J., Cox C.J., di Sarra A.G., Edson J., Fairall C.W., Farrar J. T., Grissom K., Guerra M.T., Hormann V., Joseph K.J., Lanconelli C., Melin F., Meloni D., Ottaviani M., Pensieri S., Ramesh K., Rutan D., Samarinas N., Smith S.R., Swart S., Tandon A., Thompson E.J., Venkatesan R., Verma R.K., Vitale V., Watkins-Brandt K.S., Weller R.A., Zappa C. J.,& Zhang, D. (2024). Ocean surface radiation measurement best practices. Frontiers in Marine Science, 11, 1359149.