Cosine error influence on ground-based spectral UV irradiance measurements

Metrologia

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 406-414

  Cordero, Raul R ^a   Seckmeyer, Gunther ^b   Labbe, Fernando ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ERROR ANALYSIS; EVAPORATIVE COOLING SYSTEMS; SCANNING; VEHICULAR TUNNELS;

COSINE RESPONSE; SOLAR ZENITH ANGLES; UV IRRADIANCES;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 51349154677     PISSN: 00261394     EISSN: 16817575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0026-1394/45/4/005     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. Heisler G M, Grant R H and Gao W 2003 Individual- and scattered-tree influences on ultraviolet irradiance Agr. Forest Meteorol. 120 113-26
2. Bonzongo J C and Donkor A K 2003 Increasing UV-B radiation at the earth's surface and potential effects on aqueous mercury cycling and toxicity Chemosphere 52 1263-73
3. Tarasick D W, Fioletov V E, Wardle J B, Kerr J B, McArthur K J B and McLinden C S 2003 Climatology and trends of surface UV radiation Atmos. Ocean 41 121-38
4. Wuttke S, Seckmeyer G, Bernhard G, Ehramjian J, McKenzie R, Johnston P and O'Neil N 2006 New spectroradiometers complying with the NDSC standards J. Atmospheric Oceanic Technol. 23 241-51
5. McKenzie R, Johnston P and Seckmeyer G 1997 UV spectroradiometry in the network for the detection of stratospheric change (NDSC) Solar Ultraviolet Radiation, Modelling, Measurements and Effects ed C Zerefos and A Bais (Berlin: Springer) pp 279-87
6. Wuttke S and Seckmeyer G 2006 Spectral radiance and sky luminance in Antarctica: a case study Theor. Appl. Climatol. 85 131-48
7. Seckmeyer G, Bais A, Bernhard G, Blumthaler M, Booth C R, Disterhoft P, Eriksen P, McKenzie R L, Miyauchi M and Roy C 2001 Part 1: Spectral instruments Instruments to Measure Solar Ultraviolet Radiation (Geneva, Switzerland: World Meteorological Organization) WMO-GAW No. 125
8. Bernhard G and Seckmeyer G 1999 Uncertainty of measurements of spectral solar UV irradiance J. Geophys. Res. 104 14321-45
9. Bais A F 1997 Spectroradiometers: operational errors and uncertainties Solar Ultraviolet Radiation. Modelling, Measurements and Effects vol 52 ed C Zerefos and A Bais (Berlin: Springer) pp 165-73
10. McKenzie R L, Johnston P V, Kotkamp M and Bittar A 1992 Solar ultraviolet spectrometry in New Zealand: instrumentation and sample results from 1990 Appl. Opt. 31 6501-9
11. Seckmeyer G and Bernhard G 1993 Cosine error correction of spectral UV irradiances Atmospheric Radiation (Proc. SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering) vol 2049 ed K Stamnes pp 140-51
12. Bais F, Kazadzis S, Balis D, Zerefos C and Blumthaler M 1998 Correcting global solar ultraviolet spectra recorded by a Brewer spectroradiometer for its angular response error Appl. Opt. 37 6339-44
13. Feister U, Grewe R and Gericke K 1997 A method for correction of cosine errors in measurements of spectral UV irradiance Sol. Energy 60 313-32
14. Fioletov V E, Kerr J B and Wardle D I 2002 Comparison of Brewer ultraviolet irradiance measurements with total ozone mapping spectrometer satellite retrievals Opt. Eng. 41 3051-61
15. Bernhard G and Seckmeyer G 1997 New entrance optics for solar spectral UV measurements Photochem. Photobiol. 65 923-30
16. Gröbner J 2003 Improved entrance optic for global irradiance measurements with a Brewer spectrophotometer Appl. Opt. 42 3516-21
17. Mayer B and Kylling A 2005 Technical note: the libRadtran software package for radiative transfer calculations-description and examples of use Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss. 5 1319-81
18. ISO 2004 Supplement 1 to the Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement'-Numerical Methods for the Propagation of Distributions (Geneva: ISO)
19. Cordero R R and Roth P 2005 On two methods to evaluate the uncertainty of derivatives calculated from polynomials fitted to experimental data Metrologia 42 39-44
20. Hall B 2000 Computer modelling of uncertainty calculations with finite degrees of freedom Meas. Sci. Technol. 11 1335-41
21. ISO 1993 Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement (Geneva: ISO)
22. Lira I 2002 Evaluating the Uncertainty of Measurement: Fundamentals and Practical Guidance (Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing)
23. Cordero R R and Roth P 2004 Assigning probability density functions in a context of information shortage Metrologia 41 L22-5
24. Cordero R R and Roth P 2005 Revisiting the problem of the evaluation of the uncertainty associated with a single measurement Metrologia 42 L15-9
25. Blumthaler M 2004 Quality assurance and quality control ethodologies used within the Austrian UV monitoring network Radiat. Prot. Dosim. 111 359-62
26. Gröbner J, Blumthaler M and Ambach W 1996 Experimental investigation of spectral global irradiance measurements errors due to a non ideal cosine response Geophys. Res. Lett. 23 2493-6
27. Cordero R R, Seckmeyer G, Pissulla D, DaSilva L and Labbe F 2007 Uncertainty evaluation of the spectral UV irradiance evaluated by using the UVSPEC radiative transfer model Opt. Commun. 276 44
28. Dahlback A and Stamnes K 1991 A new spherical model for computing the radiation field available for photolysis and heating at twilight Planet. Space Sci. 39 671-83
29. Gueymard C A 2004 The sun's total and spectral irradiance for solar energy applications and solar radiation models Sol. Energy 76 423-53
30. Holben B N et al 1998 AERONET-a federated instrument network and data archive for aerosol characterization Remote Sens. Environ. 66 1
31. Anderson G P, Clough S A, Kneizys F X, Chetwynd J H and Shettle E P 1986 AFGL Atmospheric Constituent Profiles (0-120 km), AFGL-TR-86-0110, AFGL (OPI), Hanscom AFB, MA 01736
32. Shettle E P 1989 Models of aerosols, clouds and precipitation for atmospheric propagation studies Conf. on Atmospheric Propagation in the UV, Visible, IR and mm-Region and Related System Aspects, AGARD Conf. Proc. vol 454
33. Abramowitz M and Stegun I A 1972 Handbook of Mathematical Functions with Formulas, Graphs, and Mathematical Tables 9th edn (New York: Dover)
34. Dubovik O, Holben B, Eck T F, Smirnov A, Kaufman Y J, King M D, Tanré D and Slutsker I 2002 Variability of absorption and optical properties of key aerosol types observed in worldwide locations J. Atmos. Sci. 59 590-608