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Abstract:
Measurements of incoming direct, diffuse, and global solar radiation and incoming infrared radiation measured at the Zeppelin Observatory in Ny-Ålesund Research Station, Svalbard.
Data are stored as one-minute averages of 1-Hz measurements. Instruments include 2 Kipp & Zonen CMP22 pyranometers (diffuse and global), 1 Kipp & Zonen CHP1 pyrheliometer (direct), and 1 Eppley PIR pyrgeometer (infrared); they are mounted on a Kipp & Zonen Solys2 sun tracker.
Quality
Data are uploaded to the database daily, without quality control. The two pyranometers and one pyrgeometer are ventilated and heated, and engineers are present once per day Monday to Friday at the station to clean the sensors if necessary. The sun does not rise at the location from late October until mid February, and the top of Zeppelin Mountain can cast a shadow on the instruments in the afternoon.