A method to measure total atmospheric long-wave down-welling radiation using a low cost infrared thermometer tilted to the vertical

Energy

Volumn 81, Issue , 2015, Pages 233-244

  Castro Aguilar, Jose L ^a   Gentle, Angus R ^a   Smith, Geoff B ^a   Chen, Dong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atmospheric long wave down welling radiation; Building simulation; Energy efficiency; EnergyPlus; Infrared thermometer; Pyrgeometer

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; RADIATION; THERMOMETERS;

BUILDING SIMULATION; ENERGYPLUS; INFRARED THERMOMETERS; LONG WAVES; PYRGEOMETERS;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

BUILDING; CLIMATE CHANGE; COOLING; DATA SET; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY FLOW; LONGWAVE RADIATION; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84924903115     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2014.12.035     Document Type: Article

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