{"id":131,"count":0,"description":"The <strong>light and climate radiation sensors<\/strong> They are essential in meteorology and climatology to measure the quantity and intensity of solar radiation that falls on the Earth&#039;s surface. These data are essential for understanding the Earth&#039;s energy balance, studying climate change and optimizing applications such as agriculture and solar energy generation.\r\n\r\n<strong>Types of Radiation Sensors:<\/strong>\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li><strong>Pyranometers:<\/strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><strong>Operation:<\/strong> They measure global solar irradiance, i.e. the sum of direct, diffuse and reflected radiation reaching a surface. They are composed of a thermocouple or a photovoltaic cell that converts the radiation into a proportional electrical signal.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Ultraviolet Radiation (UV) Pyranometers:<\/strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><strong>Operation:<\/strong> They measure the intensity of UV-A and UV-B radiation reaching the Earth&#039;s surface. These sensors are designed to detect specific wavelengths associated with ultraviolet radiation.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Spectral Solar Radiation Sensors:<\/strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><strong>Operation:<\/strong> They measure solar radiation in different spectral bands, providing detailed information on the spectral distribution of solar radiation.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Diffuse Radiation Sensors:<\/strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><strong>Operation:<\/strong> They measure the solar radiation that reaches the surface after being scattered by molecules and particles in the atmosphere.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Solar Radiation Sensors for Agriculture:<\/strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><strong>Operation:<\/strong> They measure the solar radiation that falls on plants, which is crucial for evaluating photosynthesis and plant growth.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>","link":"https:\/\/guemisa.es\/en\/categoria\/luz-y-radiacion\/","name":"Light and Radiation","slug":"light-and-radiation","taxonomy":"categoria","parent":77,"meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/guemisa.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categoria\/131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/guemisa.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categoria"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/guemisa.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/categoria"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guemisa.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categoria\/77"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/guemisa.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/productos?categoria=131"},{"href":"https:\/\/guemisa.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/documentos-pdf?categoria=131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}