Research project:  

Project name:	Global Atmosphere Watch Radiation Measurements
Year:	2011
Title:	Global Atmosphere Watch Radiation Measurements
Name of research institute or organization:	Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss, Payerne
Project leader:	Dr. Laurent Vuilleumier
Project team:	Gilles Durieux, Bertrand Equey

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Activity report:   Global Atmosphere Watch Radiation Measurements

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Key words:   infrared, integrated water vapor (IWV), precision filterradiometer (PFR), pyranometer, pyrheliometer, solar irradiance, spectral irradiance, total aerosol optical depth (AOD), ultraviolet, UV biometer, visible

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Internet databases:  

• http://wrdc-mgo.nrel.gov/
• http://www.iapmw.unibe.ch/research/projects/STARTWAVE/database/

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Collaborations:  

• Radiation data submitted to the World Radiation Data Centre (WRDC, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation) within the framework of the Global Atmosphere Watch
• Study of solar photometry (aerosol optical depth) and longwave infrared radiative forcing in collaboration with the Physikalisch Meteorologisches Observatorium Davo (PMOD) World Radiation Center (WRC)

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Address/contact:  

Address:	Federal Office of Meteorology and climatology MeteoSwiss
	Atmospheric Data Department
	ch. de l'Aérologie
	CH-1530 Payerne
Contact person:	Laurent Vuilleumier
Tel.:	+41 26 662 6306
Fax.:	+41 26 662 6212
e-mail:	laurent.vuilleumier@meteoswiss.ch
URL:	www.meteoswiss.ch/web/en/climate/climate_international/gaw-ch/radiation.html

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