Prediction and Measurement of Thermal Exchanges within Pyranometers

The Eppley Precision Spectral Pyranometer (PSP) is a shortwave radiometer that is widely used in global networks to monitor solar irradiances at the earth's surface. Within the instrument, a blackened surface is in intimate thermal contact with the hot junction of a thermopile. The cold juncti...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smith, Amie Michelle
Other Authors: Mechanical Engineering
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/35636
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-110899-142510/