@article{10272/14239, year = {2009}, url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10272/14239}, abstract = {This paper presents the design, construction and testing of a new photodiode-based pyranometer for the visible spectral range (approx. 400 to 750 nm), whose principal characteristics are: accuracy, ease of connection, immunity to noise, remote programming and operation, interior temperature regulation, cosine error minimisation and all this at a very low cost, tens of times lower than that of commercial thermopile-based devices. This new photodiode-based pyranometer overcomes traditional problems in this type of device and offers similar characteristics to those of thermopile-based pyranometers and, therefore, can be used in any installation where reliable measurement of solar irradiance is necessary, especially in those where cost is a deciding factor in the choice of a meter. This new pyranometer has been registered in the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office under the number P200703162.}, publisher = {MDPI}, title = {A New and Inexpensive Pyranometer for the Visible Spectral Range}, doi = {http://doi.org/10.3390/s90604615}, author = {Martínez Bohórquez, Miguel Ángel and Andújar Márquez, José Manuel and Enrique Gómez, Juan Manuel}, }