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Aerospace | An actinometer which measures the combined intensity of incoming direct solar radiation and diffuse sky radiation. The pyranometer consist of a recorder and a radiation sensing element which is mounted so that it views the entire sky. Sometimes called solarimeter. See pyrheliometer, solarimeter, Robitzsch actinograph, albedometer. (references) |
Energy | A device used to measure total incident solar radiation (direct beam, diffuse, and reflected radiation) per unit time per unit area. (references) |
Solar | An instrument with a hemispherical field of view, used for measuring total or global solar radiation, specifically global horizontal radiation; a pyranometer with a shadow band or shading disk blocking the direct beam measures the diffuse sky radiation, as is illustrated in the picture below. A picture of the Eppley PSP pyranometer is included in the PSP definition above. (references) |
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Crosswords: PYRANOMETER |
| Specialty definitions using "PYRANOMETER": albedometer, Angular Response Characterization ♦ BORCAL ♦ PSP ♦ Robitzsch actinograph ♦ Shading Disk, Shadow Band, solarimeter, solar-radiation observation. (references) |
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 | Figure 6. Pyranometer, a sensor used to measure variations in solar radiation. It is used with a recording device, the solarigraph. The principle of operation of the pyranometer is that of the thermophile of the Dutch Willem Moll. This principle was adapted by Dr. Ladislaw Gorczynski of the Meteorological Institute of Varsovia in 1924. The instrument shown was probably made in the 1940's. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | Figure 7. Photometer recorder - most recording devices of this type are designed to be compatible with the area under which observations of radiation are made. Thus, this recorder, which recorded in units of millivolts, was designed for use with the pyranometer in the preceding image. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
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