
Chapter 2
The Sensors
2.1 Weather Station - Instrumentation
The intended goal of the use of the weather station is to provide all the meteo-
rological data which are required for measuring a solar spectrum by means of the
BGC-FTIR-System as well as to make this system completely automatic. Figure
2.1 shows the weather station.
Figure 2.1: The BGC-FTIR Weather Station
To increase the reliability of the system, all crucial parameters are measured redun-
dantly with duplicate sensors or sensors of different principle. The redundant sensor
principle is also useful to correct long-term drift of the sensors. The following notes
will give an overview of the used sensors, their function in the BGC-FTIR-System
and their measuring principle.
13
Commentaires sur ces manuels