SRML station: Burns, OR

Latitude: 43.5192 N
Longitude: 119.0216 W
Altitude: 1265 m

The Burns station is located at the Eastern Oregon Agricultural Research Center.

In July 2019, an automatic tracker was installed at the station. The automatic tracker allows for a measurement of the diffuse irradiance using a shadeball. From the measured diffuse and direct values, an accurate global irradiance value can be calculated.

See some more photographs of the station

The following table shows the various measurments that were made during each time period.

Data type	Instrument	Data interval	Period of record
Global (GHI)	EKO MS-80	1 min.	2019-now
Global (GHI)	Eppley PSP	1 min.	2011-now
		5 min.	1994-2011
		hourly	1979-1994
Direct Normal (DNI)	Eppley NIP	1 min.	2011-now
		5 min.	1994-2011
		hourly	1979-1994
Diffuse (DHI)	Schenk Star	1 min.	2019-now
Diffuse (DHI)	[Calculated]	1 min.	2011-2019
		5 min.	1994-2011
		hourly	1979-1994
Meteorological data
Temperature		1 min.	2011-now
		5 min.	1994-2011
		hourly	1980-1994

NOTE: Prior to April 1982, the Burns station was in downtown Burns
(Lat. 43.58 N; Lon. 119.05 W; Alt. 1295 m).