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StandardTestMethodfor

CalibrationofPyrheliometersbyComparisontoReference

1

Pyrheliometers

Thisstandardisissuedunderthe?xeddesignationE816;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearof

originaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.A

superscriptepsilon(e)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.

INTRODUCTION

Accurateandprecisemeasurementofthedirect(beam)radiationcomponentofsunlightarerequired

in(1)thecalibrationofreferencepyranometersbytheshadingdiskoropticaloccludingmethods,(2)

determinationoftheenergycollectedbyconcentratingsolarcollectors,includingexposurelevels

achievedinuseofPracticeG90dealingwithFresnel-re?ectingconcentratortestmachines,and(3)

theassessmentofthedirectbeamforenergybudgetanalyses,geographicmappingofsolarenergy,and

asanaidinthedeterminationoftheconcentrationofaerosolandparticulatepollution,andwatervapor

effects.

ThistestmethodrequirescalibrationtotheWorldRadiometricReference(WRR),maintainedbythe

WorldMeteorologicalOrganization(WMO),Geneva.TheIntercomparisonofAbsoluteCavity

Pyrheliometers,alsocalledAbsoluteCavityRadiometers,onwhichtheWRRdepends,iscoveredby

proceduresadoptedbyWMOandbyvariousU.S.Organizationswhooccasionallyconvenesuch

intercomparisonsforthepurposeoftransferringtheWRRtotheUnitedStates,andtomaintainingthe

WRRintheUnitedStates.Theseproceduresarenotcoveredbythistestmethod.

1.Scope

greaterthan6.5°,itwillbenecessarytoemploytheprocedure

de?nedbyAngstromandRodhe.2

1.1Thistestmethodhasbeen