Monte carlo-based uncertainty analysis of UV array spectroradiometers

Metrologia

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 745-755

  Cordero, Raul R ^a   Seckmeyer, Gunther ^b   Riechelmann, Stefan ^b   Damiani, Alessandro ^a   Labbe, Fernando ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CCD ARRAYS; DRIVING FACTORS; GUIDE TO THE EXPRESSION OF UNCERTAINTY IN MEASUREMENTS; INTERCOMPARISONS; OCEAN OPTICS; SIGNALTONOISE RATIO (SNR); SPECTRAL MEASUREMENT; SPECTRO-RADIOMETERS; STANDARD UNCERTAINTY; STRAY LIGHT CORRECTION; UNCERTAINTY EVALUATION; UNCERTAINTY PROPAGATION; UV INDEX; UV MEASUREMENTS;

AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; INSTRUMENTS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RADIOMETERS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; STRAY LIGHT;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84870278769     PISSN: 00261394     EISSN: 16817575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0026-1394/49/6/745     Document Type: Article

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