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Solar Calibration

From build 3044 the development baton passed to Mark Crossley. Mark has been responsible for all the Builds since. He has made the code available on GitHub. It is Mark's hope that others will join in this development, but at the very least he welcomes your ideas for future developments (see Cumulus MX Development suggestions).

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Solar Calibration

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For the CMX solar calibration settings, is it possible to add a second order calibration factor? I am experimenting with diffusers over a solar sensor to provide better low sun angle measurements and the extra setting would allow me to compensate for the action of the diffuser.
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Re: Solar Calibration

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I think you will have to explain that in bit more detail please. You mean the Bras turbidity/R-S transmission factors?
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Apologies - My query was worded very poorly.

In the Cumulus MX Calibration Settings, a non-linear Multiplier^2 factor is available for raw temperature and humidity readings. Is there any way of applying a similar Multiplier^2 to the raw solar radiation readings to assist with my experiments?
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Thanks, I'll put it on the todo list - might as well make all the multipliers consistent and do them all.
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Re: Solar Calibration

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Mark,

Many thanks for your response as it's more than I was expecting.

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