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Noun: pyranometer
  1. A solar radiation sensor used to measure the broadband solar radiation flux density (e.g. in watts per square meter) from a field of view of 180 degrees
    "The meteorologist used a pyranometer to measure solar irradiance at the weather station"

Derived forms: pyranometers

Encyclopedia: Pyranometer