Abstract
An automated multichannel solar radiometer has been designed and fabricated by the Atmospheric Remote Sensing Laboratory at The University of Arizona. The automated radiometer has 10 separate silicon-photodiode-based channels that allow near-simultaneous solar spectral measurements through narrow bandpass filters (approximately 10 nm) from the visible to near-IR regions. The photodiode detectors are temperature stabilized using a heating temperature controller circuit. The instrument is pointed toward the sun via an autotracking system that actively tracks the sun with a ±0.05° tracking accuracy. The instrument can continuously collect data for about 22 h at once per minute sample rate. This paper presents instrument design features as well as some performance and experimental results for the automated solar radiometer.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 697-707 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology |
Volume | 15 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 1998 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Ocean Engineering
- Atmospheric Science