A refined calibration procedure of two-channel sun photometers to measure atmospheric precipitable water at various Antarctic sites

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 213-229

  Tomasi, Claudio ^a   Petkov, Boyan ^a   Benedetti, Elena ^b   Valenziano, Luca ^c   Lupi, Angelo ^a   Vitale, Vito ^a   Bonafé, Ubaldo ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES AND CLIMATE   (Italy)

^b CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^c OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERICS; C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; IRIDIUM; MEASUREMENTS; PHOTOMETERS; PHOTOMETRY; SILICONES; SUN; VAPORS; WATER ABSORPTION; WATER CONTENT;

(P ,P ,T) MEASUREMENTS; ANTARCTIC SITES; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSMITTANCE; CALIBRATION PROCEDURES; DRY AIR; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONING; GROUND LEVELS; NEAR-IR; OUTPUT VOLTAGES; PRECIPITABLE WATER (PW); RELATIVE HUMIDITY (RH); RESPONSIVITY; SOLAR IRRADIANCES; SOLAR ZENITH ANGLES (SZA); SQUARE ROOTING; SUN PHOTOMETERS; TOTAL WATER VAPOR (TWV); TWO-CHANNEL; WINDOW CHANNELS;

WATER VAPOR;

ABSORPTION; CALIBRATION; PHOTOMETER; PRECIPITABLE WATER; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; TRANSMITTANCE; WATER VAPOR; ZENITH ANGLE;

EID: 45249100400     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JTECHA952.1     Document Type: Article

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