User manual
Table Of Contents
- N
- Introduction
- Introduction
- Getting Started
- S
- SunScan Tutorial
- M
- Menus and Screens
- More Psion and file handling notes
- M
- Measurement options
- L
- LAI theory
- Technical Reference section
- Maintenance and repair
- Troubleshooting
- Psion Workabout
- Problems running the SunData application.
- While running SunData
- SunData reports “SunScan probe not connected”.
- SunData recognises the SunScan probe, but fails to take readings.
- On running SunData, all the system settings are scrambled.
- “Out of memory” reported on drive A:.
- “Insufficient power to write data” reported.
- When transferring files to a PC, data is transferred, but there are repeated checksum or device IO errors.
- SunScan or BFS give inconsistent light readings.
- Technical Support
- Specifications
- PAR Performance
- Appendices
- Index
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• Technical Reference section Document code: SS1-UM-1.05
PAR Performance
The graphs below show the actual spectral and cosine response curves for the
SunScan system.
Spectral response
The spectral response curve shows that the SunScan response is almost entirely
within the PAR wavelength band of 400 nm - 700 nm. The GaAsP sensors used have
an increased sensitivity towards the red end of the spectrum, but this is compensated
for by the sharp cut-off at 670 nm. In practice, we have found that these sensors read
to within a few percent of an accurate PAR sensor in natural daylight conditions
above or within the canopy. However, if you are working under artificial or strongly
coloured light you should check the SunScan readings against an accurate PAR
sensor if you need to know absolute PAR levels.
Spectral response
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SunScan
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