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SGP97 Surface: DOE ARM Baseline Surface Radiation Network (BSRN) Radiation Data

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posted on 2023-11-30, 08:43 authored by Tom Stoffel

The Southern Great Plains 1997 (SGP97) Hydrology Experiment originated from an interdisciplinary investigation, "Soil Moisture Mapping at Satellite Temporal and Spatial Scales" (PI: Thomas J. Jackson, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, MD) selected under the NASA Research Announcement 95-MTPE-03. The temporal coverage for this dataset is as follows: Begin datetime: 1997-06-01 00:00:00, End datetime: 1997-07-31 23:59:59. The Department of Energy (DOE) Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) program operates a Baseline Surface Radiation Network (BSRN) station at the Central Facility (located near Lamont, in north-central Oklahoma) of its Southern Great Plains site. BSRN provides 1-min observations of direct-beam normal solar irradiance, downwelling hemispheric diffuse solar irradiance, downwelling hemispheric solar irradiance and downwelling hemispheric infrared irradiance.


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Funding

Agricultural Research Service

National Science Foundation

History

Data contact name

Stoffel, Tom

Data contact email

Tom_Stoffel@nrel.gov

Publisher

National Center for Atmospheric Research / Earth Observing Laboratory

Intended use

SGP97 is set in a subhumid environment during early summer. Within this setting, the objectives of SGP97 are (1) to establish that the retrieval algorithms for surface soil moisture developed at higher spatial resolution using truck- and aircraft-based sensors can be extended to the coarser resolutions expected from satellite platforms; (2) to verify spatial-temporal estimators of soil moisture and to examine the utility of pedotransfer function in hydrologic modeling; (3) to examine the feasibility of inferring soil moisture and temperature profiles using surface observations in conjunction with in situ measurements, and (4) to examine the effect of soil moisture on the evolution of the atmospheric boundary layer and clouds over the Southern Great Plains during the warm season.

Use limitations

No additional quality control was performed by the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research/Joint Office for Science Support (JOSS).

Temporal Extent Start Date

1997-06-01

Temporal Extent End Date

1997-07-31

Theme

  • Not specified

Geographic Coverage

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ISO Topic Category

  • climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
  • environment
  • farming

Ag Data Commons Group

  • Southern Plains
  • Long-Term Agroecosystem Research

National Agricultural Library Thesaurus terms

soil water; satellites; Great Plains region; solar radiation; light intensity; summer; hydrologic models; temperature profiles; warm season

OMB Bureau Code

  • 005:18 - Agricultural Research Service

OMB Program Code

  • 005:040 - National Research

Pending citation

  • No

Public Access Level

  • Public

Preferred dataset citation

Stoffel, Tom (2020). SGP97 Surface: DOE ARM Baseline Surface Radiation Network (BSRN) Radiation Data. National Center for Atmospheric Research / Earth Observing Laboratory.

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    EnvironmentfarmingSoilsolar irradianceradarinfrared radiancehydrologywatershedsdata.govARS

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    CC BY 4.0

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