AERONET, NEO, My NASA Data,
NASA Atmospheric Science Data Center,
Climate Reference Network (NOAA)
Silicon photodiode-based pyranometerWidely field-tested and currently being used in schools and in professional research applications.
NEO, My NASA Data
Reflectometer -- additional downward-looking pyranometer
(with broadband and near-IR channels) Field tested and currently being used in professional research applications.
NEO, My NASA Data
Thermopile detector for measuring radiating temperature of Earth’s surfaceExisting inexpensive technology, with tested prototypes.
AERONET, GPS-MET
Handheld IR thermometer for measuring the
temperature of the ground or other surfaces and, when pointed at a clear sky, a proxy for total precipitable water vapor in the atmosphere.AERONET, NOAA GPS-MET, NEO,
My NASA Data
Handheld sun photometer for measuring AOT at two visible
wavelengths (red and green)or total column water vapor, depending on detectors.
More than a decade of use in schools and in professional research applications (a GLOBE Program protocol).
AIRNow (NASA and others), NEO,
My NASA Data
Digital camera, sky and solar aureole photosFree analysis software (ImageJ) available from National Institutes of Health.
