
CNR4 Net Radiometer
7. Datalogger Programming
The CNR4 outputs four voltages that typically range from 0 to 15 mV for the
pyranometers, and ± 5 mV for the pyrgeometers. A differential voltage
measurement is recommended because it has better noise rejection than a
single-ended measurement. If differential channels are not available, single-
ended measurements can be used. The acceptability of a single-ended
measurement can be determined by simply comparing the results of single-
ended and differential measurements made under the same conditions.
Additionally, one voltage excitation channel and one single-ended analog
channel are required to make the temperature measurement of the sensor body,
using the thermistor.
7.1 Sensor Sensitivity
Unlike the CNR1, the CNR4 comes with four different sensor sensitivity
values for four separate probes. The CNR4 sensor comes with two copies of
‘Certificate of Calibration’ by the manufacturer. They show the sensor serial
number and sensitivity values for four individual probes: one copy for
pyranometers, and another copy for pyrgeometers. The serial number and
sensitivity values are also shown on a label affixed to the bottom of the sensor.
If you choose to attach the CNF4, heater/ventilator unit to the CNR4, this label
showing the serial number and sensitivity values will be covered. After
attaching the CNF4 heater/ventilator, make sure to affix the extra label to the
bottom of the CNF4, heater/ventilator unit so that you will have the label on a
visible location. The extra label containing the serial number and sensitivity
values is supplied with the purchase of the CNR4. Please refer to the
Appendix B for more details.
The sensor sensitivity is in the units of μV/(W/m
2
). This needs to be converted
into the units of (W/m
2
)/mV to be used as a multiplier parameter inside the
datalogger program. To convert the units, divide the sensor sensitivity value
into 1000. For example, if the sensitivity is 7.30 μV/(W/m
2
), the multiplier is
1000/7.3 = 136.99 (W/m
2
)/mV.
7.2 Example Programs
7.2.1 Example 1, CR1000 Program Using Differential Measurements
The Program Example 1 requires four differential channels to measure the four
radiation outputs and one excitation channel and one single-ended channel to
measure the thermistor. The program measures the sensors every 1 second,
performs the on-line processing of the data and stores the following processed
data to a data table called cnr4_data once every 60 minutes. It also stores the
raw time-series data from CNR4 to data table called cnr4_ts.
Minimum Battery voltage
Sample Datalogger panel temperature
Average Short-wave radiation (pyranometer up)
Average Short-wave radiation (pyranometer down)
Average Long-wave radiation (pyrgeometer up)
Average Long-wave radiation (pyrgeometer down)
Average CNR4 thermistor temperature (degrees C)
Average CNR4 thermistor temperature (Kelvin)
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