Characterisation of a smartphone image sensor response to direct solar 305 nm irradiation at high air masses

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 587-588, Issue , 2017, Pages 407-413

  Igoe, D P ^a,b   Amar, A ^a   Parisi, A V ^a   Turner, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atmospheric radiation; CMOS image sensor; Photobiology; Smartphone; Solar ultraviolet; Ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; IMAGE SENSORS; LAPTOP COMPUTERS; METEOROLOGY; PIXELS; SIGNAL ENCODING; SOLAR RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADAPTIVE THRESHOLDS; ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; CMOS IMAGE SENSOR; PHOTOBIOLOGY; PORTABLE TECHNOLOGIES; SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION; SOLAR ULTRAVIOLET; SOLAR UV-B RADIATION;

SMARTPHONES;

AIR MASS; IMAGE; MOBILE PHONE; SENSOR; SOLAR RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CALIBRATION; IMAGE SENSOR; NOISE; SENSOR; SMARTPHONE; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 85028242029     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.02.175     Document Type: Article

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