Automated enclosure and protection system for compact solar-tracking spectrometers

Heinle, Ludwig; Chen, Jia

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-2173-2018

Articles | Volume 11, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-2173-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-2173-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 11, issue 4

Research article

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17 Apr 2018

Research article |

| 17 Apr 2018

Automated enclosure and protection system for compact solar-tracking spectrometers

Ludwig Heinle and Jia Chen

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Final revised paper (published on 17 Apr 2018)
Preprint (discussion started on 24 Aug 2017)

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Review of Compact Enclosure', Anonymous Referee #1, 16 Sep 2017
- AC1: 'Response to Reviewer 1 and Reviewer 2', Jia Chen, 04 Feb 2018
RC2: 'Referee Comments', Anonymous Referee #2, 25 Oct 2017
- AC1: 'Response to Reviewer 1 and Reviewer 2', Jia Chen, 04 Feb 2018

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Jia Chen on behalf of the Authors (07 Feb 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (09 Feb 2018) by Frank Hase

Short summary

We present a novel automated enclosure for protecting solar-tracking atmospheric instruments. It has been deployed in central Munich for greenhouse gas monitoring since July 2016 and withstood all critical weather conditions, including rain, storms, and snow. The enclosure leads to a fully automated measurement system, which collects data whenever possible without any human interaction. It provides the foundation for a long-term greenhouse gas monitoring sensor network.