Accounting for the solar radiation influence on downward longwave irradiance measurements by pyrgeometers

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1629-1643

  Meloni, Daniela ^a   Di Biagio, Claudia ^a   Di Sarra, Alcide ^a   Monteleone, Francesco ^a   Pace, Giandomenico ^a   Sferlazzo, Damiano Massimiliano ^a  

^a ENEA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Instrumentation sensors; Longwave radiation; Radiative fluxes; Shortwave radiation

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL FORMULAS; INFRA-RED RADIOMETERS; INSTRUMENTATION/SENSORS; INTERFERENCE FILTERS; IRRADIANCE MEASUREMENT; LONG WAVES; LONG-WAVE RADIATION; NON-HOMOGENEOUS; PYRGEOMETERS; RADIATIVE FLUXES; SHORT-WAVE RADIATION; SOLAR EFFECT; SOLAR IRRADIANCES;

DOMES; RADIOMETERS; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FLUX MEASUREMENT; LONGWAVE RADIATION; SENSOR; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SOLAR RADIATION;

AGRIGENTO; ITALY; LAMPEDUSA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PELAGI ISLANDS; SICILY;

EID: 84871882184     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: 15200426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-11-00216.1     Document Type: Article

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