Comparison of laser-based and conventional calibrations of sun photometers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5155, Issue , 2003, Pages 61-72

  Souaidia, Nordine ^a   Pietras, Christophe ^b   Fargion, Giulietta ^b   Barnes, Robert A ^b   Frouin, Robert ^c   Lykke, Keith R ^a   Johnson, B Carol ^a   Brown, Steven W ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; Irradiance; Radiance; Responsivity; Solar irradiance; Sun photometer

Indexed keywords

RESPONSIVITY; SOLAR IRRADIANCE; SUN PHOTOMETERS;

AEROSOLS; AVIATION; IRRADIATION; LASER BEAMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SENSORS; SPACE FLIGHT;

PHOTOMETERS;

EID: 2342451981     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.508197     Document Type: Conference Paper

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