Some odd artifacts in Rsw in the transition between when direct sun is blocked by the mountains, but the sun hasn't set.
First, from several days ago, I see the amount of incoming (diffuse) radiation higher at, say 15:40 than it was at 15:00. Perhaps the amount of cirrus cloud coverage changed during this period?
Second, today I see Rsw.out.9m higher than the incomings at 15:00. Usually, I'd blame this on snow covering the incoming sensors, but Rsw.in.9m is within a CVF4 housing that <should> be keeping it clean. Also, Rsw.in from the NR01 tracks Rsw.in.9m quite well, even though it has no housing and a different construction. Thus, I'm inclined to think that this is a real reflection somehow.
P.S. Note the large change in albedo between these two days, due to the recent snow.
P.P.S. The huge dip in Rsw.in.uw at 09:30 is due to the earlier-mentioned shading by the uw tower.
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Unknown User (jdlund)
The NOAA RadSys has a similar (but not identical) pattern (maybe light reflected off the surrounding peaks?):