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    SORCE did not launch until December 2017, when the Total and Spectral solar Irradiance Sensor (TSIS-1 and TSIS-2) was delivered to the International Space...
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    the public domain. "Quick Facts: Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Sensor (TSIS)". Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP), University of...
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    proper solar PV facility's operation and maintenance. The primary energy input is the global light irradiance in the plane of the solar arrays, and this...
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    multiple sensors to gather data about how a human would feel during the flight. Along with the mannequin was 300 pounds of cargo of food and other supplies...
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    spectral match), is its percentage output irradiance divided by that of the reference spectrum in that wavelength interval. For example, if a solar simulator...
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    NASA. Archived from the original on December 18, 2023. "Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Sensor -2 (TSIS-2)". NASA. Retrieved 14 September 2023. "The...
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    original on 6 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-09-27. "Reference Solar Spectral Irradiance: Air Mass 1.5". Archived from the original on 2019-05-12. Retrieved...
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    GOES-16 (category National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
    Ultraviolet and X-ray Irradiance Sensors (EXIS) are a pair of sensors that monitor solar irradiance in the Earth's upper atmosphere. In monitoring irradiance, EXIS...
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  • tracker (MPPT), battery system and charger, GNSS solar tracker, energy management software, solar irradiance sensors, anemometer, or task-specific accessories...
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    (11 lb) External payloads: 645 kg (1,422 lb) Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Sensor (TSIS) Space Debris Sensor (SDS) SpaceX CRS-13 Launch of CRS-13 Falcon...
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    Hyperspectral Imager for the Coastal Ocean (category Satellite imaging sensors)
    Clouds, and ocean Ecosystems (PACE) satellite (partial list) ISS-RapidScat, which operated from 2014 to 2016. Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Sensor 1 (TSIS-1)...
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    Photodiode (redirect from Solar sensor)
    device Solar cell Avalanche photodiode Transducer LEDs as photodiode light sensors Light meter Image sensor Transimpedance amplifier Photoelectric sensor  This...
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    but the solar irradiance is less than 1000 W/m2 for most of the day. A solar panel can produce more when the Sun is high in Earth's sky and produces less...
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    sulfoiodide (SbSI), and polyvinylidene difluoride (PVDF). Non-specialized charge-coupled device (CCD) and CMOS sensors have most of their spectral sensitivity...
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    installations such as solar parabolic troughs and solar towers or non-water heating devices such as solar cookers or solar air heaters. Solar thermal collectors...
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  • measurements of spectral irradiance, spectral radiance and/or spectral flux. This data is also then used with built in or PC software and numerous algorithms...
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    Electromagnetics, 2nd Ed. Springer Science and Business Media. p. 1122. ISBN 9780387201566. "Reference Solar Spectral Irradiance: Air Mass 1.5". Archived from the...
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    E for radiant energy, P or F for radiant flux, I for irradiance, W for radiant exitance. Spectral quantities given per unit frequency are denoted with...
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    (92nd ed.). CRC Press. p. 10.233. ISBN 978-1-4398-5511-9. "Reference Solar Spectral Irradiance: Air Mass 1.5". Archived from the original on 2019-05-12. Retrieved...
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    Albedo (redirect from Solar reflectance)
    by properties of the surface itself, but also by the spectral and angular distribution of solar radiation reaching the Earth's surface. These factors...
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  • Picard (satellite) (category Solar telescopes)
    simultaneous measurement of the absolute total and spectral solar irradiance, the diameter and solar shape, and to the Sun's interior probing by the helioseismology...
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  • PROBA-3 (category Solar space observatories)
    eruptions of solar material that can disrupt satellites and power grids on Earth. The mission will also measure total solar irradiance, tracking changes...
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    _{10}\left({\frac {F_{x}}{F_{x,0}}}\right),} where Fx is the observed irradiance using spectral filter x, and Fx,0 is the reference flux (zero-point) for that photometric...
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    ISBN 978-3642233692 900 W/m2 direct out of 1000 W/m2 total as per Reference Solar Spectral Irradiance: Air Mass 1.5 NREL. Retrieved 1 May 2011 Stuart Bowden; Christiana...
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    Advanced very-high-resolution radiometer (category National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
    Radiometer (AVHRR) instrument is a space-borne sensor that measures the reflectance of the Earth in five spectral bands that are relatively wide by today's...
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    the solar constant (total insolation power density) rather than the temperature, size, and distance of the Sun. For example, using 0.4 for albedo, and an...
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    SBUV/2 is designed to measure scene radiance and solar spectral irradiance in the ultraviolet spectral range from 160 to 406 nm. Measurements are made...
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    SBUV/2 is designed to measure scene radiance and solar spectral irradiance in the ultraviolet spectral range from 160 to 406 nm. Measurements are made...
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    crystalline solar cells with thin-film solar cells. Silicon heterojunction-based solar panels are commercially mass-produced for residential and utility markets...
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    SBUV/2 is designed to measure scene radiance and solar spectral irradiance in the ultraviolet spectral range from 160 to 406 nm. Measurements are made...
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