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QA flagging of clouds and atmospheric anomalies Fast UV simulation tool - FastRT

QA flagging of clouds and atmospheric anomalies Fast UV simulation tool - FastRT. Ola Engelsen Norwegian Institute for Air Research (NILU). Outline. QA software CheckUVSpec FastRT UV simulation tool Applications of FastRT Status of NPI tasks. CheckUVSpec. ShicRIVM. no. Too low?. Too

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QA flagging of clouds and atmospheric anomalies Fast UV simulation tool - FastRT

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  1. QA flagging of clouds and atmospheric anomaliesFast UV simulation tool - FastRT Ola Engelsen Norwegian Institute for Air Research (NILU)

  2. Outline • QA software CheckUVSpec • FastRT UV simulation tool • Applications of FastRT • Status of NPI tasks

  3. CheckUVSpec ShicRIVM no Too low? Too high? Snow/ Br.Cl? yes Flexstor Data Compute bands no yes no yes Print & Exit no Cloud H2O no Aerosol OD Clear throughout? no Clouds? yes Cloudy throughout? yes yes no

  4. Fastrt UV simulation tool • Few milliseconds running time • Accuracy comparable to UV measurements • Large variety of biological action spectra • Ozone • Slitfunction • Aerosol optical depth • Cloud liquid water column • Surface albedo / type • Broken clouds

  5. FastRT error analysis • Clear sky:max 4%, mean error 1%, st. dev.1%. • Turbid sky: max 18%, mean 3%, st.dev. 4%. • Cloudy:max 35%, mean 8%, st. dev. 9%. • CheckUVSpec QA tests:max 1%.

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  8. Recent work • Installed QA flagging tool at database • Updated ”LAP review of cloud flagging” • Documentation of FastRT, incl. error analysis • Installed interactive FastRT and downloadables on http://zardoz.nilu.no/~olaeng/fastrt/fastrt.html • CheckUVSpec QA tool available at http:// zardoz.nilu.no/~olaeng/CheckUVSpec/CheckUVSpec.html

  9. Remaining work All required milestones and deliverables are completed, but: • New FastRT scheme for coupling clouds, aerosols and ozone • Make CheckUVSpec extract atmospheric visibility? • Make CheckUVSpec handle broadband data? • Publications The End

  10. Flexstor data extraction Extract following information: • Wavelengths • Irradiances • Slitfunction • Ozone column, if available • Snow cover info, if available • Location • Times • Compute solar zenith angles Check correctness of input QA-flagging

  11. Compute bands • Add n irradiances band1 and band2 • The spectral location of band 1 and 2 depend on instrument, nominally 330nm and 390nm • If slitfunction is available n = 3, otherwise 9 QA-flagging

  12. Too low? • Flag if band 2 irradiance is lower than simulation for very thick clouds (> 4000 g/m2) QA-flagging

  13. Too high? Sun band 2 > thick trapping clouds above snow Thick cloud Thick cloud Clear sky downward total transmittance Snow QA-flagging

  14. Snow/Broken Clouds? Snow + broken clouds > band 2 > Clear sky QA-flagging

  15. Clouds? • Thick clouds < band 2 < cloudless @ 5km visib. QA-flagging

  16. Clear throughout? No if: band1 / band2 < simulated (clearband1 / clearband2) QA-flagging

  17. Cloudy throughout? No if: band1 / band2 > simulated (thick cloudband1 / thick cloudband2) QA-flagging

  18. Cloud H2O? Search for cloud thickness scenario which best fits band 2 QA-flagging

  19. Aerosol OD (optical depth)? Search for aerosol optical depth scenario which best fits band 2 QA-flagging

  20. ShicRIVM QC/QA of solar spectral UV measurements and standardized spectral data-analysis 6 quality flags: • Shift_1 • Shift_2 • Start_irradiance • Spike+local_shape • Transmission_2 • Scan_variability_2 Code and documentation: ftp.rivm.nl:/outgoing/shicrivm www.rivm.nl/en/millieu/risicos_stoffen/nietioniserende_straling/shic QA-flagging

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