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Pyranometer calibration: leveling errors and cosine effect

Conference ·
OSTI ID:7310865
The solar monitoring system for the Sandia Total Energy Systems Test Facility consists of a fixed, horizontal pyranometer and a tracking pyranometer and pyrheliometer. Readout uses a scanned A-D converter with recording via print-out, magnetic tape, or disk. The Eppley pyrheliometer is calibrated by direct comparison with a Kendall electrically-calibrated radiometer. The pyranometers, model PSP, also from Eppley, are calibrated against the pyrheliometer using shading techniques; and the parameters affecting that calibration are the subject of this summary.
Research Organization:
Sandia Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
EY-76-C-04-0789
OSTI ID:
7310865
Report Number(s):
SAND-77-1047C; CONF-770723-1
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English