Solar Radiation Measurements at the Fonovaya Observatory: Part I: Methodical Aspects and Specifications

We discuss the methodical aspects and approaches used to arrange solar radiation measurements at the Fonovaya Observatory at the V.E. Zuev Institute of Atmospheric Optics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, and the capabilities of the new radiation unit, integrated into the Observatory measurement system in 2020. It is equipped with a set of instruments allowing a continuous monitoring of the total (0.285–2.8 μm), total UV (0.280–0.400 μm), and UV-B radiation (0.280–0.315 μm), as well as the radiation balance. We describe the capabilities of software specially developed for the measurement data acquisition, transmission, and processing.