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<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">An instrument developed by K. &#x000c5;ngstr&#x000f6;m for measuring the effective [[terrestrial  radiation]].</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">It consists of four manganin strips, of which two are blackened and two are polished. The  blackened strips are allowed to radiate to the [[atmosphere]] while the polished strips are shielded.  The electrical [[power]] required to equalize the [[temperature]] of the four strips is taken as a measure  of the upwelling terrestrial [[radiation]]. <br/>''See'' [[actinometer]], [[pyrheliometer]]; <br/>''compare'' [[&#x000c5;ngstr&#x000f6;m compensation  pyrheliometer]].</div><br/> </div>
<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">An instrument developed by K. &#x000c5;ngstr&#x000f6;m for measuring the effective [[terrestrial radiation|terrestrial  radiation]].</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">It consists of four manganin strips, of which two are blackened and two are polished. The  blackened strips are allowed to radiate to the [[atmosphere]] while the polished strips are shielded.  The electrical [[power]] required to equalize the [[temperature]] of the four strips is taken as a measure  of the upwelling terrestrial [[radiation]]. <br/>''See'' [[actinometer]], [[pyrheliometer]]; <br/>''compare'' [[&#x000c5;ngstr&#x000f6;m compensation pyrheliometer|&#x000c5;ngstr&#x000f6;m compensation  pyrheliometer]].</div><br/> </div>
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Ångström pyrgeometer

An instrument developed by K. Ångström for measuring the effective terrestrial radiation.

It consists of four manganin strips, of which two are blackened and two are polished. The blackened strips are allowed to radiate to the atmosphere while the polished strips are shielded. The electrical power required to equalize the temperature of the four strips is taken as a measure of the upwelling terrestrial radiation.
See actinometer, pyrheliometer;
compare Ångström compensation pyrheliometer.



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