Horizon at station Dome C [dataset] - BSRN

The ideal site for the measurement of solar and terrestrial radiation for meteorological purposes is one that has a completely flat horizon. The WMO Guide to Meteorological Instruments and Methods of Observation (WMO No. 8) recommends that if possible no obstruction should be present, particularly within the azimuth range of sunrise and sunset over the year. This dataset describes the horizon at the BSRN radiation site DOM as additional information on the site's surroundings.

Date (Creation): 2021-10-01

Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.947046

Purpose: BSRN project: accurate measurements of different physical variables characterizing the Antarctic Plateau surface: surface down-welling and up-welling radiative fluxes, characteristic of the air-snow interface, snow precipitation and surface temperatures, fluxes of cosmic rays and solar activities through the facilities implemented at Concordia Station.

Status: On going

principalInvestigator

CNR - ISP - Angelo Lupi

Maintenance and update frequency: As needed

SCAR Gazetteer of Antarctica

Antarctica
Concordia Station

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

Atmospheric conditions

Keywords

azimuth, elevation angle

PNRA project

OSS-06 BSRN PNRA14_00025

Research Organization

CNR - Consiglio nazionale delle ricerche

GCMD - Providers

IT/PNRA

Use limitation: CC-BY-4.0

Spatial representation type: Text, table

Denominator: 1

Metadata language: English

Character set: UTF8

Begin date: 2006-01-01

End date: 2006-01-01 Now

Unique resource identifier: WGS84

Distribution format

CSV ( 1 )

OnLine resource: PNRA project ( AIR-FLOC OSS-04 )

OnLine resource: https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.947046 ( DOI )

OnLine resource: Data Repository ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

Hierarchy level: Dataset

Domain consistency

Conformance result

Date (Publication): 2010-12-08

Explanation: This data set is conformant with the INSPIRE Implementing Rules for the interoperability of spatial data sets and services

Pass: Yes

Statement: GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE DATA ORIGIN AND HOW IT GETS TRANSFORMED ALONG THE WAY FROM THE INSTRUMENT TO THE DATABASE.

File identifier: ad1eda7f-bd49-467e-b6c1-ad36f423cdc2 XML

Metadata language: English

Character set: UTF8

Hierarchy level: Dataset

Date stamp: 2026-03-09T16:38:31

Metadata standard name: ISO 19139

Metadata standard version: 1.0

pointOfContact

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