RHUBC-II Instruments - Cerro Toco, Chile
Guest Instruments
| Instrument | Abbreviation | Description | |
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Absolute Solar Transmittance Interferometer | ASTI | Solar tracking spectrometer covering the range 1 to 5 microns |
| Far-Infrared Spectroscopy of the Troposphere | FIRST | Far infrared spectrometer covering the range 6.25-100 microns |
| Humidity and Temperature Profiler | HATPRO | 3-D scanning 14-channel microwave radiometer sensitive to radiation from 22 to 58 GHz |
| Radiation Explorer in the Far Infrared | REFIR | Far infrared spectrometer covering the broad spectral range 100-1100 cm-1 |
| Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Fourier Transform Spectrometer | SAO FTS | A sub-millimeter narrow field-of-view spectrometer covering the spectral interval 300 GHz to 3.5 THz. |
ACRF Instruments
| Instrument | Abbreviation | Description | |
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![]() | Atmospherically Emitted Radiance Interferometer | AERI | Infrared spectrometer covering the range 3.3 to 18 microns |
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MP-183 | MP-183 | 183-GHz microwave radiometer to retrieve precipitable water vapor |
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Micropulse lidar | MPL | 532-nm micropulse lidar for cloud and aerosol profiles |
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Ceilometer | CEIL | Near-infrared lidar with a maximum range of 7 km |
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Precision spectral pyranometer | PSP | Broadband hemispheric Eppley pyranometer |
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Precision infrared radiometer | PIR | Broadband hemispheric Eppley pyrgeometer for diffuse irradiance |
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Eppley 8-48 pyranometer | 8-48 | Broadband hemispheric Eppley pyranometer for diffuse irradiance |
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Normal incidence pyrheliometer | NIP | Broadband Eppley pyrheliometer (narrow field of view) for direct solar radiance |
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Solar tracker | Kipp and Zonen tracker for broadband radiometers | |
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Meteorological station | MET | Temperature, humidity, wind, pressure, precipitation |
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Multi-Filter Rotating Shadowband Radiometer | MFRSR | 7-channel, Multi-Filter Rotating Shadowband Radiometer |
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Balloon-Borne Sounding System | BBSS | Temperature, relative humidity, and pressure sensor (radiosondes) with 403 MHz telemetry and Digicora-III receiver |











