Version 2 NSF network data

Status as of 4/2/2010:

• McMurdo Station:
  Version 2 data of our entire McMurdo data set (December 1989 - March 2009) can be downloaded here. A paper introducing Version 2 McMurdo data has been published by Journal of Geophysical Research and can accessed here.
• Palmer Station:
  Version 2 data of our entire Palmer data set (March 1990 - February 2009) can be downloaded here. A manuscript introducing
  Version 2 Palmer data has been published in the proceedings of the SPIE conference "Optics and Photonics" and can be downloaded here.
• South Pole Station:
  Version 2 data of our entire South Pole data set (October 1990 - March 2009) can be downloaded here. A paper introducing the new data set has been published by Journal of Geophysical Research and can accessed here.
• Ushuaia:
  Version 2 data for Ushuaia (November 1998 - November 2008) can be downloaded here. More documentation will become available during the next months, funding pending.
• San Diego:
  We are currently not planning to produce Version 2 data for San Diego.
• Barrow:
  Version 2 data of our entire Barrow data set (January 1991 - November 2009) can be downloaded here. A publication introducing this data set has been published by Journal of Geophysical Research and can accessed here.
• Summit:
  Version 2 data of Volumes 14 - 19 (2004-2009) from Summit can be downloaded here. More information is available here, including a paper published in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics.

  New corrections:
  The following corrections have been implemented in Version 2:

  • Wavelength correction
    
  • Cosine error correction
    
  • Bandwidth normalization
    
  • Homogenization of wavelength steps
    
  A detailed description of these corrections can be found here.

  New data products:
  The following data products are part of Version 2:

  • Spectral irradiance at selected wavelengths
    
  • Integrals and dose-rates
    
  • High resolution spectra
    
  • Plots showing comparison of measurement and model
    
  • Total column ozone
    
  • Cloud optical depth
    
  • Albedo
    
  • Flags
    
  • Model parameters and model log
    
  • Wavelength accuracy
    
  • Results of Quality Control
    
  A detailed description of these data products, including example files can be found here.

  Radiative transfer model:
  Model calculations that are part of Version 2 were performed with the radiative transfer model UVSPEC/libRadtran. More about the model implementation can be found here.

  Data download:
  Click here to download Version 2 data (Login required).

  Documentation:

  • The procedure of converting Version 0 data to Version 2 data has been described in a paper introducing the Version 2 data set from South Pole that has been published by Journal of Geophysical Research. The paper is available here.
  • Click here for additional information on South Pole data.
  • Click here for additional information on McMurdo data.
  • Click here for additional information on Palmer data.
  • Click here for additional information on Barrow data.
  • Click here for additional information on Summit data.

  Where is "Version 1"?
  Version 1 does not exist. As the original (=first) version was called "Version 0" rather than "Version 1," we decided to call the new version "Version 2" to avoid confusion.

  For more information contact us.
  We encourage you to share your opinion about Version 2 with us. Your input will help to make this new data product better.