A Simple Instrument and Technique for Measuring Columnar Water Vapor via Near-IR Differential Solar Transmission Measurements

Keyphrases

• Absorption Bands 66%
• Atmospheric Water Vapor 33%
• Band Model 33%
• Columnar 33%
• Columnar Water Vapor 100%
• Data Retrieval 33%
• Error Analysis 33%
• Langley Plot 33%
• Near-IR 100%
• Parallel Channels 33%
• Plot Analysis 33%
• Retrieval Methods 33%
• Simultaneous Measurement 33%
• Solar Radiation Data 33%
• Solar Radiometer 33%
• Solar Transmission 100%
• Square Root Law 33%
• Temporal Variability 33%
• Transmission Measurement 100%
• Transmittance 33%
• Two-channel 100%
• Variability Effects 33%
• Water Vapor 66%
• Water Vapor Absorption 33%
• Water Vapor Transmittance 33%

Physics

• Absorption Spectra 100%
• Atmospherics 50%
• Data Retrieval 50%
• Error Analysis 50%
• Radiometer 50%
• Transmittance 100%

Engineering

• Band Model 50%
• Experimental Result 50%
• Parallel Channel 50%
• Radiometer 50%
• Signal Channel 50%
• Square Root 50%
• Transmissions 100%