Abstract
An automated multichannel solar radiometer has been designed and fabricated by the Atmospheric Remote Sensing Laboratory at The University of Arizona. The automated radiometer has 10 separate silicon-photodiode-based channels that allow near-simultaneous solar spectral measurements through narrow bandpass filters (approximately 10 nm) from the visible to near-IR regions. The photodiode detectors are temperature stabilized using a heating temperature controller circuit. The instrument is pointed toward the sun via an autotracking system that actively tracks the sun with a ±0.05° tracking accuracy. The instrument can continuously collect data for about 22 h at once per minute sample rate. This paper presents instrument design features as well as some performance and experimental results for the automated solar radiometer.
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RadiometerPhotodiodeRemote sensingDetectorEnvironmental scienceMicrowave radiometerRadiometryOpticsPhysicsGeology
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- 15
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- 697-707
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Ali Reza Ehsani,
John A. Reagan,
W. H. Erxleben
(1998).
Design and Performance Analysis of an Automated 10-Channel Solar Radiometer Instrument.
Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology
, 15
(3)
, 697-707.
https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0426(1998)015<0697:dapaoa>2.0.co;2
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- 10.1175/1520-0426(1998)015<0697:dapaoa>2.0.co;2