SPIEDL Logo

You are not logged in Logged Out Log In

A laboratory intercomparison of broadband radiometers used for solar erythemal irradiance measurements

Proc. SPIE 6362, 63620Y (2006); http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.689865

Monday 11 September 2006
Stockholm, Sweden
Remote Sensing of Clouds and the Atmosphere XI
James R. Slusser, Klaus Schäfer, Adolfo Comerón
  • Abstract
J. M. Vilaplana

Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial (Spain)

J. Gröbner

Physikalisch-Meteorologisches Observatorium Davos (Switzerland)

A. Serrano, M. Antón, and M. L. Cancillo

Univ. de Extremadura (Spain)

The recent increase in the ultraviolet radiation that reaches the ground, mainly due to the decrease in stratospheric ozone, demands high quality measurements over the world. For this goal the use of broadband instruments to measure erythemal-weighted irradiance is widely extended due to their low cost and easy maintenance and use. Nevertheless considerable efforts in quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC) are requiredin order to obtain a homogenised eryhtemal radiation from different regional and national networks over whole Europe. The laboratories that provide the calibration to these networks must guarantee reliable methodologies. For this purpose, the WG4 (Quality Control) within the COST-726 European action (Long-term changes and climatology of the UV radiation over Europe) is promoting the inter-laboratory intercomparison and the adoption of common procedures. In this work the procedures for calibrating broadband radiometers adopted by the laboratory "El Arenosillo" in Huelva, Spain, are presented. The methodology used at INTA has been intercompared with the UV laboratory at PMOD/WRC (World Radiaton Centre) in Davos (Switzerland) and results are presented in this document.

© 2006 COPYRIGHT SPIE--The International Society for Optical Engineering. Downloading of the abstract is permitted for personal use only.

History
Online Oct 12, 2006
Citation
J. M. Vilaplana, J. Gröbner, A. Serrano, M. Antón and M. L. Cancillo, "A laboratory intercomparison of broadband radiometers used for solar erythemal irradiance measurements", Proc. SPIE 6362, 63620Y (2006); http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.689865

DOWNLOAD ARTICLE

LOG IN or SELECT A PURCHASE OPTION:

RELATED CONTENT

More Like This Article


Close

close