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Solar Radiation

Instrument Type: LI-COR LI-200SA Pyranometer Sensor

Description: Silicon photodiode sensor calibrated to measure total radiation received from the sun; cosine-corrected to make the sensor insensitive to the direction of the radiation within the forward hemisphere

Location: Weather box, 2 m above ground, 40 m from coastal bluff
Latitude 38° 19' 01.52" N
Longitude 123° 04' 18.41" W

Installed: 5 February 2001

Specifications:
Sensitivity: 90 A/1000 W/m2
Accuracy: 5%
Response Time: 10 s

Acquisition Settings-
15 second running average
Mean value logged every 5 seconds
Data stored at 10 second intervals

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