Atmospheric Instrumentation
Solar Light Company, LLC is the world’s leading manufacturer of premium atmospheric instrumentation, including the the innovative Microtops II® portable Sunphotometers and Ozonometers, the field-proven 501-Series Radiometers and Biometers for permanent outdoor installations, PMA-Series Class I and Class II PMA-Series Pyranometers, and the pioneering Model 511 UV Warning Signal® device. These precision instruments are heavily relied upon by the most prestigious meteorological observatories, weather stations, and research agencies in the world including NASA, the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA,) the Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory (NREL,) and countless others.
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Model 540 Microtops II® Sunphotometer
Solar Light’s Model 540 Microtops II® Sunphotometer is a light weight, portable 5 channel instrument for measuring aerosol optical thickness, direct solar irradiance, and water vapor column easily, accurately and dependably.
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Model 521 Microtops II® Ozonometer
Solar Light’s Model 521 Microtops II® is a 5 channel hand-held ozonometer for measuring total ozone column per standard WMO configuration easily, accurately and dependably.
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Model 520 Microtops II® Ozonometer
Solar Light’s Model 520 Microtops II® is a 3 channel hand-held ozonometer for measuring total ozone column per standard WMO configuration easily, accurately and dependably.
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Model 501 UV Biometer Radiometer
Solar Light’s Model 501 Series Biometer-Radiometers are rugged meteorological-grade instruments which measure erythemally-weighted UVB solar radiation outdoors and underwater (up to 16.4 feet / 5 meters maximum depth.)
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Model 501 UVA Radiometer
Solar Light’s Model 501 Series Radiometers are rugged meteorological-grade instruments which measure UVA solar radiation outdoors and underwater (up to 16.4 feet / 5 meters maximum depth.)
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Model 501 UVA+B Radiometer
Solar Light’s Model 501 Series Radiometers are rugged meteorological-grade instruments which measure UVA+B solar radiation outdoors and underwater (up to 16.4 feet / 5 meters maximum depth.)
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Model 501 UVB Radiometer
Solar Light’s Model 501 Series Radiometers are rugged meteorological-grade instruments which measure UVB solar radiation outdoors and underwater (up to 16.4 feet / 5 meters maximum depth.)
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Model PMA2145 Digital Class I Pyranometer
Solar Light’s ISO-Classified Digital Class I and Class II Pyranometers measure global hemispherical radiation from 285 to 2800nm. They utilize thermopile technology, assuring very broad spectral sensitivity, exceptional flatness, and excellent good long term stability.
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Model PMA2144 Digital Class II Pyranometer
Solar Light’s ISO-Classified Digital Class I and Class II Pyranometers measure global hemispherical radiation from 300 to 2800nm. They utilize thermopile technology, assuring very broad spectral sensitivity, exceptional flatness, and excellent good long term stability.
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Model PMA1145 Analog Class I Pyranometer
Solar Light’s ISO-Classified Analog Class I and Class II Pyranometers measure global hemispherical radiation from 285 to 2800nm. They utilize thermopile technology, assuring very broad spectral sensitivity, exceptional flatness, and excellent good long term stability.
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Model PMA1144 Analog Class II Pyranometer
Solar Light’s Model PMA1144 is an analog ISO-Classified Class II Pyranometer with very broad spectral sensitivity, exceptional flatness, and excellent long term stability.
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Model PMA2140 Global Radiometer
Solar Light’s NIST-Traceable Model PMA2140 Digital Visible and Infrared Global Radiometer measures irradiance within the range of 400 to 1100nm, and is intended primarily for cost-sensitive applications where the flat spectral response of our thermopile-based pyranometers is not required.