Fast measurements of solar spectral UV irradiance - First performance results of two novel spectroradiometers

Optical Engineering

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1-9

  Feister, Uwe ^a   Kaifel, Anton ^b   Grewe, Rolf Dieter ^a   Kaptur, Jasmine ^b   Reutter, Oliver ^b   Wohlfart, Michael ^b   Gericke, Klaus ^a  

^a DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

^b ZENTRUM FÜR SONNENENERGIE UND WASSERSTOFF FORSCHUNG BADEN WÜRTTEMBERG ZSW   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clouds; Irradiance; Neural networks; Solar; Spectroradiometer; Ultraviolet; Ultraviolet index

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; CLOUDS; LIGHT MEASUREMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONOCHROMATORS; NEURAL NETWORKS; OPTICAL FILTERS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROMETERS;

FILTER MODEL BASES; FILTER RADIOMETER; PHOTOMULTIPLIER TUBE (PMT) RECEIVER; SOLAR SPECTRAL ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIANCE; SPECTRORADIOMETERS; ULTRAVIOLET INDEX;

RADIOMETERS;

EID: 22944475777     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1886816     Document Type: Article

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