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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Photovoltaic system performance (redirect from Solar performance monitor)
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 Launch Services Program (section Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare missions)
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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Electromagnetic spectrum (redirect from Spectral range)
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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Photovoltaic system (redirect from Solar array)
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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Photovoltaics (redirect from Solar photovoltaics)
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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Thermography (redirect from Infrared sensors)
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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Spectroradiometer (section Spectral power distribution)
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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Ultraviolet (section Solar ultraviolet)
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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Infrared (section Sensor response division scheme)
(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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Apparent magnitude (section Example: Sun and Moon)
_{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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