General Information
All BSRN datasets retrievable via PANGAEA (see below) are subject to the data release guidelines of the BSRN. They are read account restricted. Only persons who follow the
data release guidelines are allowed to use the data. Read accounts can be obtained from Amelie Driemel (amelie.driemel[at]awi.de).
Please note, that all data (PANGAEA and ftp) are provided in UTC universal time.
Data Retrieval via PANGAEA


Data Quality
WRMC highly recommends that all users do their own quality checks of the data after extracting BSRN-data!!!
Since the beginning of 2012 the WRMC offers a BSRN-Toolbox which can be used to perform these QC checks. Any user who finds questionable data should inform the WRMC staff (
Available Data Summaries
LR 0100 + LR 0300 (Basic radiation and other radiation measurements)
LR 0300 (Other radiation measurements only, including net and upward fluxes)
LR 0500 (Ultra-violet measurements)
LR 1000 (Meteorological synoptical observations)
LR 1100 (Radiosonde measurements)
LR 1200 (Ozone measurements)
LR 1300 (Expanded measurements), Part I
LR 3010 (Other radiation measurements at 10 m, including upward fluxes)
LR 3030 (Other radiation measurements at 30 m, including upward fluxes)
LR 3300 (Other radiation measurements at 300 m, including upward fluxes)
All logical records
Additionally, a Google-like interface for searching and distributing BSRN-data via web may be used, see example. The output of the search interface are links to single monthly datasets. Following one link leads to the meta data of this dataset. The data itself can be obtained in different formats after you logged in.
Please see also our Errata and Update page for current issues/updates.