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Albedo measuring instrument
An albedometer is an instrument used to measure the albedo of a surface. An albedometer is mostly used to measure the reflectance of earths surface. It is also useful to evaluate thermal effects in buildings and generation capacity with bifacial solar photovoltaic panels. Often it consists of two pyranometers: one facing up towards the sky and one facing down towards the surface. From the ratio of incoming and reflecting radiation the albedo can be calculated. Wikipedia →
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- Read the overview: AlbedometerA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Türkiye’nin Albedo Farkındalığı: Albedometreyi Yeniden TasarlamakInfluential work since 2022
- Read the landmark paper: An Airborne Spectral Albedometer with Active Horizontal StabilizationCited 79 times
- Go sideways: PyranometerA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Photovoltaic system performanceA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun An instrument used to measure the albedo of a surface
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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
An Airborne Spectral Albedometer with Active Horizontal Stabilization
Development and calibration of an automatic spectral albedometer to estimate near-surface snow SSA time series
A fixed frequency aerosol albedometer
Development of a cavity-enhanced aerosol albedometer
Three-wavelength cavity-enhanced albedometer for measuring wavelength-dependent optical properties and single-scattering albedo of aerosols
Simultaneous measurements of the relative-humidity-dependent aerosol light extinction, scattering, absorption, and single-scattering albedo with a humidified cavity-enhanced albedometer
Design of a low-cost mobile multispectral albedometer with geopositioning and absolute orientation
Unmanned-aerial-vehicle-borne cavity enhanced albedometer: a powerful tool for simultaneous in-situ measurement of aerosol light scattering and absorption vertical profiles
🆕 Influential since 2022
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