A novel nonintrusive method to resolve the thermal dome effect of pyranometers: Instrumentation and observational basis

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 19, 2010, Pages

  Ji, Qiang ^a,b   Tsay, Si Chee ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CALIBRATION; GASES; SENSORS;

ASIAN MONSOON; ATMOSPHERIC VARIABLES; CALIBRATION CONSTANTS; DETECTOR ASSEMBLY; FIELD EXPERIMENT; GROUND BASED; IDEAL GAS LAW; NON-INTRUSIVE METHOD; PYRANOMETERS; REGIONAL CLIMATE; REPRESENTATIVE POINT; SOLAR ELEVATION; SOLAR IRRADIANCES; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; TRADITIONAL CALIBRATION; TROPOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

DOMES;

AEROSOL; CALIBRATION; GAS; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; PRESSURE EFFECT; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SENSOR; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TROPOSPHERE;

CHINA;

EID: 77958164209     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD013483     Document Type: Article

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