radiometer

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And a radiometer will sense how much of the energy falling on to Earth from the Sun is being reflected or radiated back into space.

From BBC • May 28, 2024

The instrument, a mini microwave radiometer, can measure heat and light emanating from oxygen and water vapor in the air.

From The Verge • Jun. 10, 2022

Juno is equipped with a microwave radiometer, a device that tunes in to Jupiter’s microwave transmissions at six distinct frequencies, each value corresponding to a different depth.

From Scientific American • Oct. 28, 2021

Every station except for the highest one is outfitted with a net radiometer, an instrument that measures incoming and outgoing radiation, and the lower stations also carry rain gauges and present weather sensors.

From Washington Post • Dec. 13, 2019

The radiometer has already entered the field of industrial science, and is used to measure the duration of exposure of photographic plates.

From The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 by Various