TY - JOUR
T1 - Toward a global earthshine network
T2 - First results from two stations
AU - Pallé, E.
AU - Goode, P. R.
AU - Montañés-Rodriguez, P.
AU - Koonin, S. E.
AU - Rumyantsev, V.
PY - 2005/6/16
Y1 - 2005/6/16
N2 - Big Bear Solar Observatory is building the world's first global earthshine network to measure Earth's large-scale reflectance. Our first remote station was deployed in late 2003 at the Crimean Astronomical Observatory. Here we compare the data obtained from the two earthshine stations, Crimea and Big Bear. We find that the retrieved quantities from both stations are consistent and that the data may be easily combined into a single data set expanding the temporal and geographical coverage of our Earth reflectance measurements from California. We also detail our plans and the expected coverage with a larger network of stations.
AB - Big Bear Solar Observatory is building the world's first global earthshine network to measure Earth's large-scale reflectance. Our first remote station was deployed in late 2003 at the Crimean Astronomical Observatory. Here we compare the data obtained from the two earthshine stations, Crimea and Big Bear. We find that the retrieved quantities from both stations are consistent and that the data may be easily combined into a single data set expanding the temporal and geographical coverage of our Earth reflectance measurements from California. We also detail our plans and the expected coverage with a larger network of stations.
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U2 - 10.1029/2005GL022575
DO - 10.1029/2005GL022575
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:23844472268
SN - 0094-8276
VL - 32
SP - 1
EP - 4
JO - Geophysical Research Letters
JF - Geophysical Research Letters
IS - 11
ER -