Toward a global earthshine network: First results from two stations

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, Cri...

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Published in:Geophysical research letters 2005-06, Vol.32 (11), p.L11803.1-n/a
Main Authors: Pallé, E., Goode, P. R., Montañés-Rodriguez, P., Koonin, S. E., Rumyantsev, V.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Earth
Earth sciences
Earth, ocean, space
Exact sciences and technology
Networks
Reflectance
Reflectivity
Solar observatories
Stations
Temporal logic
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Summary: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.
ISSN:0094-8276
1944-8007
DOI:10.1029/2005GL022575