Re-Definition of the World Radiometric Reference (WRR) Based on SI Traceability
06 Oct 2026
Developments in Earth System Measurements and Technologies
Ensuring measurement quality through standardization, traceability, instrument maintenance and calibration
Since 1977 the WRR has been defined as the average reading of a group of select cavity pyrheliometers. In 2010 a newly developed cryogenic solar absolute radiometer (CSAR) was commissioned with the purpose to estabilsh SI-traceability of solar irradiance. We propose to re-define the WRR based CSAR.
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