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TSI

Total Sky Imager

Baseline Instrument, External Instrument, Guest

The total sky imager (TSI) measures the fraction of the sky view covered by clouds.

It provides time series of hemispheric sky images during daylight hours and retrievals of fractional sky cover for periods when the solar elevation is greater than 10 degrees. To view current sky cover retrievals at the ARM sites, see the TSI most recent sky images.

Primary Measurements

  • Donna Flynn
    Lead Mentor Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

References

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Locations

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Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) | Reviewed October 2024