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The objective of the BSRN is to provide observations of the best possible quality for short- and long-wave surface radiation fluxes with a high sampling rate. These readings are taken from a small number of selected stations, in contrasting climatic zones, together with collocated surface and upper air meteorological data and other supporting observations.
The uniform and consistent measurements throughout the BSRN network are used to:
monitor the background (least influenced by immediate human activities which are regionally concentrated) short-wave and long-wave radiative components and their changes with the best methods currently available,
provide data for the validation and evaluation of satellite-based estimates of the surface radiative fluxes and
produce high-quality observational data for comparison to climate model (GCM) calculations and for the development of local regionally representative radiation climatologies.
The uniform and consistent measurements throughout the BSRN network are used to:
monitor the background (least influenced by immediate human activities which are regionally concentrated) short-wave and long-wave radiative components and their changes with the best methods currently available,
provide data for the validation and evaluation of satellite-based estimates of the surface radiative fluxes and
produce high-quality observational data for comparison to climate model (GCM) calculations and for the development of local regionally representative radiation climatologies.