Campbell Scientific LI200S-L User Manual

INSTRUCTION MANUAL

LI200S Pyranometer

Revision: 2/96

Copyright (c) 1981-1996

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LI200S PYRANOMETER

1. GENERAL

This manual provides information for interfacing
a CR10, 21X, and CR7 datalogger to a LI200S
Pyranometer. An instruction manual provided
by LI-COR contains the sensor calibration
constant and serial number. Cross check this
serial number against the serial number on your
LI200S to ensure that the given calibration
constant corresponds to your sensor.

2. SPECIFICATIONS

Stability: <±2% change over a 1 year

period
Response Time: 10 µs
Temperature

Dependence: 0.15% per °C maximum
Cosine Correction: Cosine corrected up to 80°

angle of incidence
Operating

Temperature: -40 to 65°C
Relative Humidity: 0 to 100%
Detector: High stability silicon

photovoltaic detector (blue

enhanced)
Sensor Housing: Weatherproof anodized

aluminum case with acrylic

diffuser and stainless steel

hardware
Size: 0.94” dia x 1.00” H (2.38 x

2.54 cm);
Weight: 1 oz. (28 g)
Accuracy: Absolute error in natural

daylight is ±5% maximum;

±3% typical
Typical Sensitivity: 0.2 kWm
Linearity: Maximum deviation of 1%

up to 3000 Wm
Shunt Resistor: Adjustable, 40.2 to 100 Ω,

factory set to give the

above sensitivity
Light Spectrum

Waveband: 400 to 1100 nm

-2mV-1

-2

NOTE: The black outer jacket of the cable
is Santoprene® rubber. This compound was
chosen for its resistance to temperature
extremes, moisture, and UV degradation.
However, this jacket will support
combustion in air. It is rated as slow
burning when tested according to U.L. 94
H.B. and will pass FMVSS302. Local fire
codes may preclude its use inside buildings.

3. MEASUREMENT INSTRUCTION

The LI200S (refer to Figure 1) outputs a low
level voltage ranging from 0 to a maximum of
about 12mV depending on sensor calibration
and radiation level. A differential voltage
measurement (Instruction 2) is recommended
because it has better noise rejection than a
single-ended measurement.

If a differential channel is not available, a single­ended measurement (Instruction 1) is a
possibility. As a test, wire the LI200S as shown in
Figure 2 and make single-ended and differential
measurements. Compare results to determine
the acceptability of a single ended measurement.

NOTE FOR 21X USERS:

potential differences are created along the 21X
analog terminal strip when the datalogger
power supply is powering external peripherals.
If the peripherals draw about 30mA or greater,
the LI200S must be measured differentially.

Figure 1. LI200S Schematic

INPUT RANGE

An example showing how to determine the
optimum input range for a given sensor
calibration and maximum irradiance follows.

This is an example only. Your values will be
different.

Slight ground

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LI200S PYRANOMETER

EXAMPLE

-Sensor Calibration: Assume the sensor
calibration is 87 microamps kW-1 m-2. The
LI200S outputs amperage which is converted to
voltage by 100 ohm shunt resistor in the cable,
as shown in Figure 1. To convert the calibration
from microamps to millivolts, multiply the
calibration by 0.100. The example calibration

-1 m-2

changes to 8.7 mV kW

.

-Maximum Irradiance: A reasonable estimate
of maximum irradiance at the earth’s surface is

-2

1 kW m

.

-Input Range Selection: An estimate of the
maximum input voltage is obtained by
multiplying the calibration by the maximum
expected irradiance. That product is 8.61mV
for this example. Select the smallest input
range which is greater than the maximum
expected input voltage. In this case the 15mV
range for the 21X and CR7, and the 25mV
range for the CR10 are selected.

Measurement integration time is specified in the
input range parameter code. A more noise free
reading is obtained with the slow or 60 Hz
rejection integration. A fast integration takes
less power and allows for faster throughput.

EXAMPLE

Assume that daily total flux is desired, and the
datalogger scan rate is 1 second. With a
multiplier that converts the readings to units of

-2

and an average irradiance of .5 kW m-2,

kJ m
the maximum low resolution output limit will be
exceeded in less than four hours.

Solution #1 - Record average flux density and
later multiply the result by the number of
seconds in the output interval to arrive at total
flux.

Solution #2 - Record total flux using the high
resolution format. The drawback to high
resolution is that it requires 4 bytes of memory
per data point, consuming twice as much
memory as low resolution.

5. CONNECTIONS

Differential and single-ended connections to the
datalogger are shown in Figures 2 and 3,
respectively.

MULTIPLIER

The multiplier converts the millivolt reading to
engineering units. Commonly used units and
how to calculate the multiplier are shown in
Table 1.

Table 1. Multipliers Required for Flux

Density and Total Fluxes

UNITS

MULTIPLIERS

kJ m-2 (1/C)*t (Total)
kW m-2 (1/C) (Average)

*t*

cal cm-2 (1/C)
cal cm-2 min-1 (1/C)

(0.0239) (Total)

*

(1.434) (Average)

C = (LI-COR calibration)*0.100

t = datalogger program execution

interval in seconds

4. OUTPUT FORMAT CONSIDERATIONS

The largest number that the datalogger can
output is 6999 in low resolution and 99999 in
high resolution (Instruction 78, set resolution). If
the measurement value is totalized, there is
some danger of overranging the output limits,
as shown in the following example.

Figure 2. Differential Measurement

Connection

*AG in Figure 2 refers to Analog Ground in the CR10
which is the same as ground for the 21X and CR7.

On a differential measurement, jumper the low
side of the signal to AG to keep the signal in
common mode range, as shown in Figure 2.

Figure 3. Single-ended Measurement Connection

*AG in Figure 3 refers to Analog Ground in the
CR10, which is the same as ground for the 21X
and CR7.

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