Daylight Visible / NIR Whole Sky Imagers for Cloud and Radiance Monitoring in Support of UV Research Programs

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5156, Issue , 2003, Pages 155-166

  Shields, Janet E ^a   Johnson, Richard W ^a   Karr, Monette E ^a   Burden, Art R ^a   Baker, Justin G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; Cloud; Cloud fraction; Radiance; Sky radiance; UV; Whole sky imager

Indexed keywords

CLOUD FRACTION; CLOUD VARIABILITY; SKY RADIANCE; WHOLE SKY IMAGERS (WSI);

CAMERAS; CLOUDS; CONTROL SYSTEMS; INFRARED RADIATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL FILTERS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

IMAGE SENSORS;

EID: 2342532500     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.509062     Document Type: Conference Paper

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