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NET RADIOMETER [1 record]

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Record 1 2002-12-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Instruments
DEF

An instrument for the measurement of the net flux of downward and upward total (solar and terrestrial) radiation through a horizontal surface.

CONT

[A] net radiometer measures the difference between the incoming and outgoing hemispheric radiation on a horizontal plane over the 0.4 to 40 micrometer waveband.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments scientifiques
DEF

[...] instrument qui mesure les intensités relatives du rayonnement pour une longueur d'onde.

CONT

[...] Dicke [astrophysicien], [a] inventé en 1946 le radiomètre différentiel «un instrument très sensible pour déterminer la distribution d'un rayonnement» [...]

CONT

Un radiomètre différentiel [...] Sa précision vient de ce qu'il effectue des mesures différentielles et non absolues [...]

Spanish

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