Measurement of air temperature in the presence of a large radiant flux: An assessment of passively ventilated thermometer screens

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 205-231

  Erell, Evyatar ^a   Leal, Vítor ^b   Maldonado, Eduardo ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b Gestão Industrial   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Radiant exchange; Stevenson screen; Temperature measurement

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; SENSORS; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMOMETERS; WAVE EFFECTS;

ENERGY BALANCE; RADIANT EXCHANGE; TEMPERATURE SENSORS;

AIR;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ENERGY BALANCE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; TEMPERATURE; VENTILATION;

EID: 10144257902     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-004-8946-8     Document Type: Article

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