spectroradiometer
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spectroradiometer (plural spectroradiometers)
A device that measures the spectral power distributions of illuminants, used to evaluate and categorize lighting or to calibrate display technology.
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On May 22 at 3:10 a.m. EST (0710 UTC), the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer or MODIS instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite gathered temperature information about Tropical Storm Mangga's cloud tops.
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer is the instrument aboard NASA’s Aqua satellite passed over Dumazile on March 7 and showed a well-defined low-level center of circulation, and most of the clouds were pushed south of the center.
They try to be as objective as scientifically possible, using the CIE 1976 Uniform Chromaticity Scale and a Spectroradiometer.