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An actinometer instrument from the 1800s designed by Jules Violle and used to estimate the temperature of the Sun's surface.

An actinometer is an instrument that can measure the heating power of radiation. Actinometers are used in meteorology to measure solar radiation as pyranometers, pyrheliometers and net radiometers.

An actinometer is a chemical system or physical device which determines the number of photons in a beam integrally or per unit time. This name is commonly applied to devices used in the ultraviolet and visible wavelength ranges. For example, solutions of iron(III) oxalate can be used as a chemical actinometer, while bolometers, thermopiles, and photodiodes are physical devices giving a reading that can be correlated to the number of photons detected.

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Actinometer

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An actinometer is an instrument that can measure the heating power of radiation. Actinometers are used in meteorology to measure solar radiation as pyranometers...

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Light meter

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with Voigtlander VC Meter II The earliest exposure meters were called actinometers (not to be confused with the scientific instrument with the same name)...

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Potassium ferrioxalate

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A. (1956). "A new sensitive chemical actinometer. II. Potassium ferrioxalate as a standard chemical actinometer". Proceedings of the Royal Society of...

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Pyranometer

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(from Greek πῦρ (pyr) 'fire', and ἄνω (ano) 'above, sky') is a type of actinometer used for measuring solar irradiance on a planar surface and it is designed...

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List of sensors

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Planar Hall sensor Radio direction finder Test light Voltage detector Actinometer Air pollution sensor Bedwetting alarm Ceilometer Dew warning Electrochemical...

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Pyrheliometer

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it needs to be placed on a device that follows the path of the sun. Actinometer Active cavity radiometer Bolometer Pyrometer Solar constant "Pyrheliometer"...

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Optical depth

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observation of stellar occultations. Air mass (astronomy) Absorptance Actinometer Aerosol Angstrom exponent Attenuation coefficient Beer–Lambert law Pyranometer...

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Ferrioxalate

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A. (1956). "A new sensitive chemical actinometer. II. Potassium ferrioxalate as a standard chemical actinometer". Proceedings of the Royal Society of...

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Meteorological instrumentation

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experiments during its suborbital flight. A pyranometer is a type of actinometer used to measure broadband solar irradiance on a planar surface and is...

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John Herschel

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findings on the optical spectra of metal salts. Herschel invented the actinometer in 1825 to measure the direct heating power of the Sun's rays, and his...

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Kosmos 156

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grid. The pictures were archived at the Hydrometeorological Center. The actinometer was designed to measure the outgoing longwave radiation (3–30 μm) from...

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List of measuring instruments

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they are gauged to fill the sample with a defined amount of entropy. Actinometer heating power of radiation. Constant-temperature calorimeter, phase change...

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Timeline of solar cells

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List of years in science "Recreating Edmond Becquerel's electrochemical actinometer" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 May 2020. Retrieved 7 May...

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Net radiometer

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A net radiometer is a type of actinometer used to measure net radiation (NR) at the Earth's surface for meteorological applications. The name net radiometer...

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Jules Violle

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Sketch of Violle's actinometer concept...

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List of inventors

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century earlier John Herschel (1792–1871), UK – photographic fixer (hypo), actinometer Harry Houdini (1874–1926) U.S. – flight time illusion Heinrich Hertz...

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Actinograph

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actinograph for meteorologists, to observe and record the change of radiation. Actinometer Pyranometer (a type of actinograph) Hurter and Driffield John Timbs,...

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Wonders of the Solar System

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Valley, California, US, with an experiment inspired by John Herschel's actinometer. He also travels to Norway to observe and explain the defensive role...

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Glossary of meteorology

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related to and sometimes considered a variant of stratocumulus clouds. actinometer A scientific instrument used to measure the heating power of radiation...

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Outline of meteorology

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altitude, direction, and velocity of clouds Pyranometer – A type of actinometer found in many meteorological stations used to measure broadband solar...

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Orest Khvolson

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magnetism, photometry, and actinometry. He proposed the designs of an actinometer and a pyrheliometer, which would be used by the Russian weather stations...

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Photogeochemistry

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David; Mill, Theodore (1982). "Development and evaluation of chemical actinometers". Environmental Science and Technology. 16 (11): 815–820. Bibcode:1982EnST...

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Thomas Brown Jordan

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afterwards invented a declination magnetograph and a self-recording actinometer. His pioneering use of photography in meteorology was acknowledged by...

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Uranyl oxalate

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nitrate hexahydrate with oxalic acid. Uranyl oxalate has been used in actinometers. Thompson, Nathan B. A.; Stennett, Martin C.; Gilbert, Matthew R.; Hyatt...

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