Atmospheric measurements Le Commandant Charcot

In the frame of a project recommended for implementation through ARICE, CNR has permanently installed sensors on board the icebreaker "Le Commandant Charcot" to obtain, on a 15-minute basis, values of the incoming components of the radiation balance at the surface (global SHORTWAVE, direct, diffuse, LONGWAVE, UVA and UVB) and for cloud cover the percentage of sky covered by clouds (cloud coverage).

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