Measuring solar irradiance profiles in the Arctic sea ice using fiber optic spectrometry via inclined holes

Zexia Qiu; Hangzhou Wang; Tao Li; Hong Song; Yuanqian Wu; Tingting Yan; Ying Chen

doi:10.1007/s13131-021-1708-3

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Zexia Qiu, Hangzhou Wang, Tao Li, Hong Song, Yuanqian Wu, Tingting Yan, Ying Chen. Measuring solar irradiance profiles in the Arctic sea ice using fiber optic spectrometry via inclined holes[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2021, 40(3): 134-141. doi: 10.1007/s13131-021-1708-3

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Zexia Qiu, Hangzhou Wang, Tao Li, Hong Song, Yuanqian Wu, Tingting Yan, Ying Chen. Measuring solar irradiance profiles in the Arctic sea ice using fiber optic spectrometry via inclined holes[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2021, 40(3): 134-141. doi: 10.1007/s13131-021-1708-3

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Zexia Qiu, Hangzhou Wang, Tao Li, Hong Song, Yuanqian Wu, Tingting Yan, Ying Chen. Measuring solar irradiance profiles in the Arctic sea ice using fiber optic spectrometry via inclined holes[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2021, 40(3): 134-141. doi: 10.1007/s13131-021-1708-3

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Measuring solar irradiance profiles in the Arctic sea ice using fiber optic spectrometry via inclined holes

doi: 10.1007/s13131-021-1708-3

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Ocean College, Zhejiang University, Zhoushan 316021, China
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Key Laboratory of Physical Oceanography, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China
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Zhejiang Heli Electrical Engineering Co., Ltd., Taizhou 317000, China

Funds: The National Natural Science Foundation of China under contract No. 41976218; the Joint Zhoushan City and Zhejiang University Cooperation Project under contract No. 2019C81034; the National Key Research and Development Program of China under contract No. 2016YFC1400303; the Program for Zhejiang Leading Team of S&T Innovation under contract No. 2010R50036.

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Corresponding author: E-mail: hangzhouwang@zju.edu.cn
Received Date: 2019-11-19
Accepted Date: 2020-04-25

Available Online: 2021-04-30

Publish Date: 2021-04-30

Abstract

Abstract

An irradiance profile measurement approach and profiling system were developed to measure the solar irradiance profile of the Arctic sea ice using fiber optic spectrometry. The approach involved using a miniature spectrometer to sense light signals collected and transmitted from a fiber probe. The fiber probe was small, and could thus move freely in inclined bore holes drilled in sea ice with its optical entrance pointing upward. The input-output relationship of the system was analyzed and built. Influence factors that determined the system output were analyzed. A correctional system output approach was proposed to correct the influence of these factors, and to obtain the solar irradiance profile based on the measurements outputted by this system. The overall performance of the system was examined in two ice floes in the Arctic during the 9th Chinese National Arctic Research Expedition. The measured solar irradiance profiles were in good agreement with those obtained using other commercially available oceanographic radiometers. The derived apparent optical properties of sea ice were comparable to those of similar sea ice measured by other optical instruments.
- solar irradiance,
- profile,
- sea ice,
- fiber optic spectrometry,
- inclined hole

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