The infrared sky imager (IRSI) measures cloud fraction and precipitable water vapor. The IRSI captures hemispheric sky images and provide time series retrievals of fractional sky cover during both day and night. The instrument provides diurnal sky imagery in the mid-infrared atmospheric window and imagery during daylight hours in the visible wavelengths for cloud retrievals. The software automatically identifies cloudy and clear regions and calculates fractional sky cover.
IRSI
irsi > Infra-Red Sky ImagerInstrument Type(s) > Baseline • Guest
Measurements
Locations
- Fixed
- AMF1
- AMF2
- AMF3
Active Instrument Locations
| Facility Name | Instrument Start Date |
|---|---|
| Central Facility, Lamont, OK | 2014-05-20 |
Related Publications
2016
Morris VR. 2016. Infrared Sky Imager Instrument Handbook. Ed. by Robert Stafford, DOE ARM Climate Research Facility. DOE/SC-ARM-TR-182.
2015
Reda I, J Konings, and Y Xie. 2015. "A method to measure the broadband longwave irradiance in the terrestrial direct solar beam." Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 129(July 2015), 10.1016/j.jastp.2015.04.003.
2003
Shaw JA and B Thurairajah. 2003. Short-term cloud statistics at NSA from the infrared cloud imager. In Proceedings of the Thirteenth Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) SCience Team Meeting, Ed. by D. Carrothers, Richland, WA: Department of Energy.
Shaw JA and B Thurairajah. 2003. Short-Term Cloud Statistics at NSA from the Infrared Cloud Imager. In Thirteenth Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program Science Team Meeting, Ed. by D. Carrothers, Richland, WA: U.S. Department of Energy.
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