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Private
SolarAOT Research Station for the studies of Radiative Transfer in Strzyzow
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The SolarAOT research station was built in 2003 near a town of Strzyzow
(southern Poland). The main goal of the research is to study climate
processes and thus climate change. The observations of the components of
energy budget at the ground level and aerosol optical properties aim at
the understanding of the aerosol impact on climate in the area of
south-east Poland. The station is located far from local sources of
atmospheric pollution which facilitates representative studies for a
wide geographic area and relate to aerosols transported from other parts
of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East.
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aerosol optical depth using a Multi-Filter Rotating
Shadowband Radiometer MFR-7
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full radiative balance using pyranometers and
pyrgometers
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spectral measurements of reflective coefficient
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total scattering coefficient and backscattering
coefficient using an Aurora 4000 nephelometer
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concentrations of particulate carbon and aerosol
absorption with use of a AE-31/MAGEE Aethalometer
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basic meteorological measurements (air temperature and
humidity at 2 m and temperaturę profiles in soil and in
air at 24 m, air pressure, wind speed and direction at
10, 16 and 24 m, precipitation intensity, sum of
precipitation, thickness of snow coverage, detection of
atmospheric discharge, gradient of electric field
potential, dose of ionizing radiation)
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cloud
coverage with use of the sky camera
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