Shortwave Flux Analysis Extended to North Slope of Alaska

 
Published: 25 August 2009

This summer, the ARM Radiative Processes Working Group released an extension of the Shortwave Flux Analysis value-added product to include data from the ARM North Slope of Alaska locale. Originally released in 2004, the Shortwave Flux Analysis VAP was developed to infer clear-sky shortwave, shortwave cloud effects, and fractional sky cover from shortwave measurements at the ARM Southern Great Plains and Tropical Western Pacific sites. This VAP has been used to study the effects of clouds on the surface radiation budget and now, with the addition of data collected at the North Slope since 1999, can also benefit Arctic climate research efforts. The product is generated once a month at the Data Archive. For more information, visit the Shortwave Flux Analysis VAP webpage.