Design and development of a simple infrared monitor for cloud detection

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2732-2737

  Maghrabi, A ^a   Clay, R ^b   Wild, N ^b   Dawson, B ^b  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ CITY FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Calibration, scanner; Clouds; Infrared detector; MODTRAN

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY; ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH; BROAD SPECTRAL; CLOUD DETECTION; DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT; FIELDS OF VIEWS; MODTRAN; SIMULATED DATA; SINGLE PIXEL;

ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITES; ASTROPHYSICS; CALIBRATION; CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; INFRARED DETECTORS; SCANNING;

DETECTORS;

EID: 68849121191     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2009.06.029     Document Type: Article

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