Calibrated digital images of Campbell–Stokes recorder card archives for direct solar irradiance studies

A systematic, semi-automatic method for imaging the cards from the widely used Campbell–Stokes sunshine recorder is described. We show how the application of inexpensive commercial equipment and practices can simply and robustly build an archive of high-quality card images and manipulate them into a...

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Main Authors: A. M. Horseman, T. Richardson, A. T. Boardman, W. Tych, R. Timmis, A. R. MacKenzie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2013-05-01
Series:Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
Online Access:http://www.atmos-meas-tech.net/6/1371/2013/amt-6-1371-2013.pdf