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Research article
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24 Mar 2016
Research article |
| 24 Mar 2016
A Retrospective, Iterative, Geometry-Based (RIGB) tilt-correction method for radiation observed by automatic weather stations on snow-covered surfaces: application to Greenland
Department of Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine, California, USA
Charles S. Zender
Department of Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine, California, USA
Dirk van As
Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS), Copenhagen, Denmark
Paul C. J. P. Smeets
Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, Utrecht University (UU/IMAU), Utrecht, the Netherlands
Michiel R. van den Broeke
Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, Utrecht University (UU/IMAU), Utrecht, the Netherlands
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Short summary
We identify and correct station-tilt-induced biases in insolation observed by automatic weather stations on the Greenland Ice Sheet. Without tilt correction, only 40 % of clear days have the correct solar noon time (±0.5 h). The largest hourly bias exceeds 20 %. We estimate the tilt angles based on solar geometric relationship between insolation observed on horizontal surfaces and that on tilted surfaces, and produce shortwave radiation and albedo that agree better with independent data sets.
We identify and correct station-tilt-induced biases in insolation observed by automatic weather...
