An extensive comparison of commercial pyrheliometers under a wide range of routine observing conditions

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 752-766

  Michalsky, JOSEPH ^a   Dutton, Ellsworth G ^a   Nelson, Donald ^a   Wendell, James ^a   Wilcox, Stephen ^b   Andreas, Afshin ^b   Gotseff, Peter ^b   Myers, Daryl ^b   Reda, Ibrahim ^b   Stoffel, Thomas ^b   Behrens, Klaus ^c   Carlund, Thomas ^d   Finsterle, Wolfgang ^e   Halliwell, David ^f  

^a EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^c DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

^d SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e WORLD RADIATION CENTER   (Switzerland)

^f ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Instrumentation sensors; Radiative fluxes

Indexed keywords

COLD TEMPERATURES; HIGHER RESOLUTION; INSTRUMENTATION/SENSORS; OPEN CAVITY; RADIATIVE FLUXES; SWITZERLAND; TEST INSTRUMENTS; WINDY CONDITIONS;

CALIBRATION; INSTRUMENTS; MANUFACTURE; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

IRRADIANCE; RADIOMETER; SENSOR; SOLAR RADIATION;

COLORADO; DAVOS; GOLDEN; GRAUBUNDEN; SWITZERLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79959668033     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JTECHA1518.1     Document Type: Article

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