CMP6 Pyranometer
The CMP6 is a Kipp & Zonen pyranometer with improved performance over the CMP3 thanks to greater thermal mass and a double-glass dome, suited to hydrological, agricultural and general solar monitoring.
- Output
- 5 to 20 µV/W/m²
- Spectral range (50% points)
- 285 to 2800 nm
- Response time
- 18 s
Overview
In detail
How it works
The CMP6 shares its sensor with the smaller CMP3 but improves on it with increased thermal mass and a double-glass dome construction. It needs no power, instead producing a low voltage output of 0-20 mV relative to the radiation received; the AMPBOX accessory can boost this to a higher voltage or 4-20 mA signal.
Deployment
An integral bubble level, raised to the top of the housing, can be checked without removing the snap-on sun shield, which also covers the connector. The connector's gold-plated contacts allow easy exchange and re-calibration, and the screw-in drying cartridge is easy to remove, with replacement desiccant supplied in refill packets.
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Specifications
Technical specifications
- Spectral range (50% points)
- 285 to 2800 nm
- Output
- 5 to 20 µV/W/m²
- Response time
- 18 s
- Zero offset A
- < 10 W/m²
- Zero offset B
- < 4 W/m²
- Directional response (up to 80° at 1000 W/m²)
- < 20 W/m²
- Temperature dependence of sensitivity (-10 to +40 °C)
- < 4 %
- Operating temperature
- -40 to +80 °C
- Maximum solar irradiance
- 2000 W/m²
- Field of view
- 180°
Related
Often specified alongside
Weathertech
SP Lite2 Pyranometer
- Temp
- -40 °C to +80 °C
- Spectral range (overall)
- 400 to 1100 nm
- Sensitivity
- 60 to 100 µV/W/m²
SMP21Weathertech
SMP21 Secondary Standard Pyranometer
- Temp
- -40 °C to +80 °C
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