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A self-calibrating thermopile sensor having a cavity type receiver is described. Its incorporation into pyrheliometric instrumentation, including the electronics and control, is also discussed. Completed devices are capable of solar irradiance measurements with an accuracy to within 0.5% and can detect solar variability to a level approaching 0.001% in space.
Some preliminary comments on the results of the solar radiation measurements from the earth radiation budget experiment of the NIMBUS 6 satellite are discussed.
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Discussion of the first results of extensive recent aircraft measurements, in the short wavelengths, of the reflection and absorption properties of clouds and their impact on radiation budget studies. From the data obtained, the albedo of typical cloud types was determined integrally and spectrally. Some preliminary results are also offered for short-wave absorption and the apparent transmission of clouds. The effect of the atmospheric pathlength between sensor and target, exhibited through molecular scattering and aerosol scattering and absorption, is included in the data analysis. Results are also presented on vertical (short-wave) radiative flux profiles, within specific wavelength intervals, from near sea level to altitudes of about 40,000 ft over relatively short time intervals.
Solar constant measurement, reviewing instruments and results of Eppley-JPL program using high altitude jet aircraft and rocket research vehicle
Solar radiation constant reevaluated from aircraft instrument observations and ground extrapolations, noting role in spacecraft design
Multichannel radiometers calibration and testing for spacecraft and solar simulation applications, noting exposure to sun onboard X-15 aircraft at high altitudes
Multichannel radiometer measurement of solar irradiance for realizing spacecraft radiative equilibrium
Eppley-JPL solar constant measurement experiment, noting 12-channel radiometer, filter wavelength limits and high altitude measurements
Calibration procedures for earth albedo experimental package of Orbiting Solar Observatory
Eppley-JPL solar constant measurement experiment, noting 12-channel radiometer, filter wavelength limits and high altitude measurements
Calibration procedures for earth albedo experimental package of Orbiting Solar Observatory
Simulation of solar spectrum in space simulator