Articles | Volume 10, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-1169-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-1169-2017
Research article
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21 Mar 2017
Research article |  | 21 Mar 2017

Pyranometer offsets triggered by ambient meteorology: insights from laboratory and field experiments

Sandro M. Oswald, Helga Pietsch, Dietmar J. Baumgartner, Philipp Weihs, and Harald E. Rieder

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This study investigates effects of precipitation events on the accuracy of solar radiation measurements. To quantify pyranometer responses to precipitation, a series of controlled laboratory experiments and two field campaigns were performed. The results indicate that precipitation significantly affects the thermal environment of the instruments and thus their stability. A high accuracy of solar radiation measurements is important to improve the prediction of Earth's climate change.