An absolute cavity pyrgeometer to measure the absolute outdoor longwave irradiance with traceability to international system of units, SI

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 77, Issue , 2012, Pages 132-143

  Reda, Ibrahim ^a   Zeng, Jinan ^b   Scheuch, Jonathan ^c   Hanssen, Leonard ^b   Wilthan, Boris ^b   Myers, Daryl ^a   Stoffel, Tom ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

ACP; Infrared; Irradiance; Longwave; Measurement equation; Pyrgeometer; WISG

Indexed keywords

ACP; IRRADIANCE; LONG WAVES; MEASUREMENT EQUATION; PYRGEOMETERS; WISG;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DOMES; ERRORS; GOLD; INFRARED RADIATION; METRIC SYSTEM; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; TERNARY SYSTEMS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WIND EFFECTS;

THERMOPILES;

EID: 84857642562     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2011.12.011     Document Type: Article

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