Definition of Radiometers. Meaning of Radiometers. Synonyms of Radiometers

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Definition of Radiometers

Radiometer
Radiometer Ra`di*om"e*ter, n. [L. radius radius + -meter: cf. F. radiom[`e]tre.] 1. (Naut.) A forestaff. 2. (Physics) An instrument designed for measuring the mechanical effect of radiant energy. Note: It consists of a number of light discs, blackened on one side, placed at the ends of extended arms, supported on an a pivot in an exhausted glass vessel. When exposed to rays of light or heat, the arms rotate.

Meaning of Radiometers from wikipedia

- or an ultraviolet detector. Microwave radiometers operate in the microwave wavelengths. While the term radiometer can refer to any device that measures...
- different radiometers (at wavelengths of 1.0, 1.25 and 1.5 cm). Soon after satellites were first used for observing the atmosphere, microwave radiometers became...
- simple stroboscope) without interfering with the measurement itself. Radiometers are now commonly sold worldwide as a novelty ornament; needing no batteries...
- Radiometer is a Danish multinational company which develops, manufactures and markets solutions for blood sampling, blood gas analysis, transcutaneous...
- (November 1981). "Solar total irradiance observations by Active Cavity Radiometers". Solar Physics. 74 (1): 217–229. Bibcode:1981SoPh...74..217W. doi:10...
- A Nichols radiometer was the apparatus used by Ernest Fox Nichols and Gordon Ferrie Hull in 1901 for the measurement of radiation pressure. It consisted...
- A net radiometer is a type of actinometer used to measure net radiation (NR) at the Earth's surface for meteorological applications. The name net radiometer...
- Differential Microwave Radiometer (DMR) investigation uses three differential radiometers to map the sky at 31.4, 53, and 90 GHz. The radiometers are distributed...
- Remote Sensing of Environment (March 2007) Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) Special Issue, Volume 107, Issues 1–2. Official NASA site Visible...
- the time of its use in the 2010s, it was one of only four microwave radiometers to have been flown on interplanetary spacecraft. The first was Mariner...