An automated method for the evaluation of the pointing accuracy of Sun-tracking devices

Baumgartner, Dietmar J.; Pötzi, Werner; Freislich, Heinrich; Strutzmann, Heinz; Veronig, Astrid M.; Rieder, Harald E.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-1181-2017

Articles | Volume 10, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-1181-2017

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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-1181-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 10, issue 3

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22 Mar 2017

Research article |

| 22 Mar 2017

An automated method for the evaluation of the pointing accuracy of Sun-tracking devices

Dietmar J. Baumgartner, Werner Pötzi, Heinrich Freislich, Heinz Strutzmann, Astrid M. Veronig, and Harald E. Rieder

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RC1: 'Referee comment on 'An automated method for the evaluation of the pointing accuracy of sun-tracking devices'', Anonymous Referee #1, 04 Oct 2016
- AC1: 'Response to Referee #1', Dietmar J. Baumgartner, 25 Oct 2016
RC2: 'reviewer comments', Anonymous Referee #3, 01 Feb 2017

Short summary

In this work we present KSO-STREAMS (KSO-SunTRackEr Accuracy Monitoring System), a platform-independent, fully automated, and cost-effective system to evaluate the pointing accuracy of Sun-tracking devices as well as its application at the Kanzelhöhe Observatory (KSO) Austrian radiation monitoring network (ARAD) site and to the results from a 15-week evaluating period.