Chapter Monitoring coastal areas: a brief history of measuring instruments for solar radiation

The first measuring instruments of solar radiation, for meteorological aims, were made only in 1800s. In 1896 OMI established a commission for radiometry which led, in 1905, to choose Ångström pyrheliometer as standard instrument. Later, radiometers were built with a chart recorder for measuring sol...

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Autor Principal: De Vincenzi, Matteo (auth)
Outros autores: Fasano, Gianni (auth)
Formato: Electrónico Capítulo de libro
Idioma:inglés
Publicado: Florence Firenze University Press 2020
Series:Proceedings e report 126
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Summary:The first measuring instruments of solar radiation, for meteorological aims, were made only in 1800s. In 1896 OMI established a commission for radiometry which led, in 1905, to choose Ångström pyrheliometer as standard instrument. Later, radiometers were built with a chart recorder for measuring solar radiation components. Instruments using thermopile or photocell as sensitive element were made. From 1980s radiometers with data logger were built. In 2000s devices were developed for measuring solar radiation components in water column, for studies on physical and biological marine quantities.
Descrición Física:1 electronic resource (12 p.)
ISBN:978-88-5518-147-1.67
9788855181471
Acceso:Open Access