Transferring the calibration of direct solar irradiance to diffuse-sky radiance measurements for CIMEL Sun-sky radiometers

Applied Optics

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1368-1377

  Li, Zhengqiang ^a   Blarel, Luc ^a   Podvin, Thierry ^a   Goloub, Philippe ^a   Buis, Jean Pierre ^b   Morel, Jean Philippe ^c  

^a Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille   (France)

^b CIMEL Electronique   (France)

^c MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIOMETERS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AERONET/PHOTONS; CALIBRATION COEFFICIENTS; DIRECT SOLAR; ERROR PROPAGATION ANALYSIS; RADIANCE CALIBRATION; RADIANCE MEASUREMENT; SUN-SKY RADIOMETERS; VICARIOUS CALIBRATION;

CALIBRATION;

EID: 48949099422     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.47.001368     Document Type: Article

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