The infrared thermometer (IRT) is a ground-based radiation pyrometer that measures the equivalent blackbody brightness temperature of the scene in its field of view. The downwelling version has a narrow field of view for measuring sky temperature and detecting clouds. The upwelling version has a wide field of view for measuring the narrowband radiating temperature of the ground surface.
IRT
irt: Infrared Thermometer
Measurements
Locations
- Fixed
- AMF1
- AMF2
- AMF3
Active Instrument Locations
| Facility Name | Instrument Start Date |
|---|---|
| Central Facility, Lamont, OK | 1996-04-16 |
| Marshall, OK (Extended) | 2011-10-26 |
| Graciosa Island, Azores, Portugal | 2013-10-01 |
| Andenes, Norway; AMF1 (main site for COMBLE) | 2019-12-01 |
| Tryon, OK (Extended) | 2011-10-05 |
| Morrison, OK (Extended) | 2015-10-06 |
| Newkirk, OK (Extended) | 2011-10-03 |
| Waukomis, OK (Extended) | 2011-11-02 |
| Maple City, KS (Extended) | 1999-12-31 |
| Ringwood, OK (Extended) | 2005-05-26 |
| Omega, OK (Extended) | 2011-11-08 |
| Anthony, KS (Extended) | 2011-10-13 |
| Oliktok Point, Alaska; AMF3 | 2015-08-01 |
| Pawnee, OK (Extended) | 2015-11-20 |
| Lamont, OK (Extended and Co-located with C1) | 2006-01-11 |
| Byron, OK (Extended) | 2005-12-01 |
| Peckham, OK (Extended) | 2016-04-26 |
| Central Facility, Barrow AK | 2010-06-18 |
| Medford, OK (Extended) | 2011-10-12 |
| Pawhuska, OK (Extended) | 2009-02-12 |
| Ashton, KS (Extended) | 2005-11-30 |
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2020
Lubin D, D Zhang, I Silber, R Scott, P Kalogeras, A Battaglia, D Bromwich, M Cadeddu, E Eloranta, A Fridlind, A Frossard, K Hines, S Kneifel, W Leaitch, W Lin, J Nicolas, H Powers, P Quinn, P Rowe, L Russell, S Sharma, J Verlinde, and A Vogelmann. 2020. "AWARE: The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) West Antarctic Radiation Experiment." Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, , 10.1175/BAMS-D-18-0278.1. ONLINE.
2019
Varble A, S Nesbitt, P Salio, E Avila, P Borque, P DeMott, G McFarquhar, S van den Heever, E Zipser, D Gochis, R Houze, M Jensen, P Kollias, S Kreidenweis, R Leung, K Rasmussen, D Romps, and C Williams. 2019. Cloud, Aerosol, and Complex Terrain Interactions (CACTI) Field Campaign Report. Ed. by Robert Stafford, ARM user facility. DOE/SC-ARM-19-028.
Zheng Y and Z Li. 2019. "Episodes of warm‐air advection causing cloud‐surface decoupling during the MARCUS." Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 124(22), 10.1029/2019JD030835.
Research Highlight
2018
Won H and M Ahn. 2018. "Effects of Dynamic Range and Sampling Rate of an Infrared Thermometer to the Accuracy of the Cloud Detection." Remote Sensing, 10(7), 10.3390/rs10071049.
Morris VR. 2018. Infrared Thermometer (IRT) Instrument Handbook. Ed. by Robert Stafford, ARM Climate Research Facility. DOE/SC-ARM-TR-015.
2017
Zaman N, K Kanniah, and D Kaskaoutis. 2017. "Estimating particulate matter using satellite based aerosol optical depth and meteorological variables in Malaysia." Atmospheric Research, 193, 10.1016/j.atmosres.2017.04.019.
Nicolas J, A Vogelmann, R Scott, A Wilson, M Cadeddu, D Bromwich, J Verlinde, D Lubin, L Russell, C Jenkinson, H Powers, M Ryczek, G Stone, and J Wille. 2017. "January 2016 extensive summer melt in West Antarctica favoured by strong El Nino." Nature Communications, 8, 15799, doi:10.1038/ncomms15799.
Research Highlight
Scarino B, P Minnis, T Chee, K Bedka, C Yost, and R Palikonda. 2017. "Global clear-sky surface skin temperature from multiple satellites using a single-channel algorithm with angular anisotropy corrections." Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 10(1), 10.5194/amt-10-351-2017.
2016
Lewis ER. 2016. Marine ARM GPCI Investigation of Clouds (MAGIC) Field Campaign Report. Ed. by Robert Stafford, DOE ARM Climate Research Facility. DOE/SC-ARM-16-057.
Kourtchev I, C Giorio, A Manninen, E Wilson, B Mahon, J Aalto, M Kajos, D Venables, T Ruuskanen, J Levula, M Loponen, S Connors, N Harris, D Zhao, A Kiendler-Scharr, T Mentel, Y Rudich, M Hallquist, J Doussin, W Maenhaut, J Bäck, T Petäjä, J Wenger, M Kulmala, and M Kalberer. 2016. "Enhanced Volatile Organic Compounds emissions and organic aerosol mass increase the oligomer content of atmospheric aerosols." Scientific Reports, 6(1), 10.1038/srep35038.
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