The use of pyranometers onboard aircraft
Abstract
The Moll-Gorczynski solarimeter and the Eppley pyranometer model PSP were investigated in order to find out whether they can be used for measurements onboard aircraft. The influence of temperature and pressure on the sensitivity, the dependence of the inclination, and the heating through high air-velocities were studied in laboratory and ground-based measurements. Measurements with an aircraft showed that the influence of quick variations of the air temperature can be easily corrected.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- June 1977
- Bibcode:
- 1977STIN...7814379F
- Keywords:
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- Airborne Equipment;
- Aircraft Instruments;
- Instrument Errors;
- Pyranometers;
- Aerodynamic Heating;
- Atmospheric Temperature;
- Inclination;
- Pressure Effects;
- Sensitivity;
- Sky Radiation;
- Solar Radiation;
- Temperature Effects;
- Temperature Gradients;
- Instrumentation and Photography