SOLAR AND SKY ULTRAVIOLET MEASURING AND RECORDING EQUIPMENT

Abstract

A description is given of the development and performance of instrumentation for the continuous measurement of solar and sky ultraviolet radiation as received on a horizontal surface from sun and sky (pyranometer) as well as in normal incidence from the sun (pyrheliometer). Sources of errors such as change in air mass (filter-weighting factor) and environment (transient response) are discussed, and areas of needed improvement are indicated. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1962
Accession Number
AD0290398

Entities

People

  • R.m. Marchgraber
  • R.w. Armstrong

Organizations

  • United States Army Communications-Electronics Command

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Masses
  • Communication Equipment
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Environment
  • Instrumentation
  • Measurement
  • Measuring Instruments
  • Optical Phenomena
  • Pyranometers
  • Pyrheliometers
  • Radiation
  • Ultraviolet Radiation

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Remote Sensing.
  • Spectroscopy.