Determination of the thermal offset of the Eppley precision spectral pyranometer

Applied Optics

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 472-484

  Haeffelin, Martial ^a   Kato, Seiji ^b   Smith, Amie M ^a   Rutledge, C Ken ^c   Charlock, Thomas P ^d   Mahan, J Robert ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Analytical Materials and Sciences Inc   (United States)

^d NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFRARED RADIATION; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECIFIC HEAT; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOPILES;

THERMAL RADIATIVE EXCHANGE;

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS;

EID: 0001246442     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.40.000472     Document Type: Article

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