Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "A sun photometer is a type of photometer conceived in such a way that it points at the sun.Recent sun photometers are automated instruments incorporating a sun-tracking unit, an appropriate opticalsystem, a spectrally filtering device, a photodetector, and adata acquisition system.The measured quantity is called direct-sun radiance.When a sun-photometer is placed somewhere within the earth's atmosphere, the measuredradiance is not equal to the radiance emitted by the sun (i.e. the solar extraterrestrial radiance),because the solar flux is reduced by atmospheric absorptionand scattering.Therefore, the measured radiant flux is due to a combination of what is emitted by the sun and theeffect of the atmosphere; the link between these quantities is given by Beer's law.The atmospheric effect can be removed with Langley extrapolation; this method therefore allowsmeasuring the solar extraterrestrial radiance with ground-based measurements.Once the extraterrestrial radiance is known, one can use the sun photometer for studying theatmosphere, and in particular for determining the atmospheric optical depth.Also, if the signal at two or more suitably selected spectral intervalsis measured, one can use the information derived for calculating the vertically integrated concentrationof selected atmospheric gases, such as water vapour, ozone, etc."@en }
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- Sun_photometer abstract "A sun photometer is a type of photometer conceived in such a way that it points at the sun.Recent sun photometers are automated instruments incorporating a sun-tracking unit, an appropriate opticalsystem, a spectrally filtering device, a photodetector, and adata acquisition system.The measured quantity is called direct-sun radiance.When a sun-photometer is placed somewhere within the earth's atmosphere, the measuredradiance is not equal to the radiance emitted by the sun (i.e. the solar extraterrestrial radiance),because the solar flux is reduced by atmospheric absorptionand scattering.Therefore, the measured radiant flux is due to a combination of what is emitted by the sun and theeffect of the atmosphere; the link between these quantities is given by Beer's law.The atmospheric effect can be removed with Langley extrapolation; this method therefore allowsmeasuring the solar extraterrestrial radiance with ground-based measurements.Once the extraterrestrial radiance is known, one can use the sun photometer for studying theatmosphere, and in particular for determining the atmospheric optical depth.Also, if the signal at two or more suitably selected spectral intervalsis measured, one can use the information derived for calculating the vertically integrated concentrationof selected atmospheric gases, such as water vapour, ozone, etc.".
- Q1038481 abstract "A sun photometer is a type of photometer conceived in such a way that it points at the sun.Recent sun photometers are automated instruments incorporating a sun-tracking unit, an appropriate opticalsystem, a spectrally filtering device, a photodetector, and adata acquisition system.The measured quantity is called direct-sun radiance.When a sun-photometer is placed somewhere within the earth's atmosphere, the measuredradiance is not equal to the radiance emitted by the sun (i.e. the solar extraterrestrial radiance),because the solar flux is reduced by atmospheric absorptionand scattering.Therefore, the measured radiant flux is due to a combination of what is emitted by the sun and theeffect of the atmosphere; the link between these quantities is given by Beer's law.The atmospheric effect can be removed with Langley extrapolation; this method therefore allowsmeasuring the solar extraterrestrial radiance with ground-based measurements.Once the extraterrestrial radiance is known, one can use the sun photometer for studying theatmosphere, and in particular for determining the atmospheric optical depth.Also, if the signal at two or more suitably selected spectral intervalsis measured, one can use the information derived for calculating the vertically integrated concentrationof selected atmospheric gases, such as water vapour, ozone, etc.".