Abstract. Ground-based networks have been developed to determine the spatiotemporal
distribution of the optical properties of aerosols using radiometers. In this
study, the precision of the calibration constant (V0) for the sky
radiometer (POM-02) that is used by SKYNET was investigated. The temperature
dependence of the sensor output was also investigated, and the dependence in
the 340, 380, and 2200 nm channels was found to be larger than for other
channels and varied with the instrument. In the summer, the sensor output had
to be corrected by a factor of 1.5 % to 2 % in the 340 and 380 nm
channels and by 4 % in the 2200 nm channel in the measurements at
Tsukuba (36.05∘ N, 140.13∘ E), with a monthly mean
temperature range of 2.7 to 25.5 ∘C. In the other channels, the
correction factors were less than 0.5 %. The coefficient of variation
(CV, standard deviation/mean) of V0 from the normal Langley method,
based on the data measured at the NOAA Mauna Loa Observatory, is between
0.2 % and 1.3 %, except in the 940 nm channel. The effect of gas
absorption was less than 1 % in the 1225, 1627, and 2200 nm channels.
The degradation of V0 for wavelengths shorter than 400 nm (−10 %
to −4 % per year) was larger than that for wavelengths longer than
500 nm (−1 to nearly 0 % per year). The CV of V0 transferred from
the reference POM-02 was 0.1 % to 0.5 %. Here, the data were
simultaneously taken at 1 min intervals on a fine day, and data when the air
mass was less than 2.5 were compared. The V0 determined by the improved
Langley (IML) method had a seasonal
variation of 1 % to 3 %. The root mean square error (RMSE) from the
IML method was
about 0.6 % to 2.5 %, and in some cases the maximum difference
reached 5 %. The trend in V0 after removing the seasonal variation
was almost the same as for the normal Langley method. Furthermore, the
calibration constants determined by the IML method had much higher noise than
those transferred from the reference. The modified Langley method was used to
calibrate the 940 nm channel with on-site measurement data. The V0
obtained with the modified Langley method compared to the Langley method was
1 % more accurate on stable and fine days. The general method was also
used to calibrate the shortwave-infrared channels (1225, 1627, and 2200 nm)
with on-site measurement data; the V0 obtained with the general method
differed from that obtained with the Langley method of V0 by 0.8 %,
0.4 %, and 0.1 % in December 2015, respectively.
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