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Research article
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08 Mar 2016
Research article |
| 08 Mar 2016
Development of a digital mobile solar tracker
Sunil Baidar
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado,
Boulder, CO 80309, USA
Cooperative Institute for Research in
Environmental Sciences (CIRES), University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309,
USA
Natalie Kille
Cooperative Institute for Research in
Environmental Sciences (CIRES), University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309,
USA
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (ATOC),
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
Ivan Ortega
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado,
Boulder, CO 80309, USA
Cooperative Institute for Research in
Environmental Sciences (CIRES), University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309,
USA
Roman Sinreich
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado,
Boulder, CO 80309, USA
David Thomson
Cooperative Institute for Research in
Environmental Sciences (CIRES), University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309,
USA
James Hannigan
National Center for
Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder, CO 80301, USA
Rainer Volkamer
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado,
Boulder, CO 80309, USA
Cooperative Institute for Research in
Environmental Sciences (CIRES), University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309,
USA
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (ATOC),
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
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Short summary
We present development of a digital mobile solar tracker which can be coupled simultaneously to UV–Vis and FTIR spectrometers to measure trace gases in the atmosphere. We demonstrate an angular precision of 0.052º (about 1/10 of the solar disk diameter) during research drives and verify this tracking precision from measurements of the center to limb darkening (CLD, the changing appearance of Fraunhofer lines) in the mobile direct sun DOAS spectra.
We present development of a digital mobile solar tracker which can be coupled simultaneously to...
