{"about":{"site":"https://codewithpapers.app","non_affiliation":"Code with Papers and Syntology are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Papers with Code, Meta, or the pwc-archive mirror.","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","licence_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode","attribution":"https://codewithpapers.app/attribution","modified":"archive material modified by Syntology; see the attribution page"},"url":"/paper/design-of-low-cost-compact-and-weather-proof","title":"Design of low-cost, compact and weather-proof whole sky imagers for high-dynamic-range captures","arxiv_id":"1704.05678","date":"2017-04-19","proceeding":null,"authors":["Soumyabrata Dev","Florian M. Savoy","Yee Hui Lee","Stefan Winkler"],"abstract":"Ground-based whole sky imagers are popular for monitoring cloud formations,\nwhich is necessary for various applications. We present two new Wide Angle\nHigh-Resolution Sky Imaging System (WAHRSIS) models, which were designed\nespecially to withstand the hot and humid climate of Singapore. The first uses\na fully sealed casing, whose interior temperature is regulated using a Peltier\ncooler. The second features a double roof design with ventilation grids on the\nsides, allowing the outside air to flow through the device. Measurements of\ntemperature inside these two devices show their ability to operate in Singapore\nweather conditions. Unlike our original WAHRSIS model, neither uses a\nmechanical sun blocker to prevent the direct sunlight from reaching the camera;\ninstead they rely on high-dynamic-range imaging (HDRI) techniques to reduce the\nglare from the sun.","url_abs":"http://arxiv.org/abs/1704.05678v1","url_pdf":"http://arxiv.org/pdf/1704.05678v1.pdf","source":{"archive":"pwc-archive (Hugging Face), CC BY-SA 4.0","snapshot":"2025-07-28","licence_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode","row_kind":"abstracts"},"code_links":[{"paper_slug":"design-of-low-cost-compact-and-weather-proof","repo_url":"https://github.com/Soumyabrata/HDRCaptures","is_official":1,"mentioned_in_paper":1,"mentioned_in_github":0,"framework":"none","reach":null}],"tasks":[],"methods":[],"datasets_introduced":[],"methods_introduced":[],"results":[],"syntology":{"syntology_url":null,"atlas_url":null,"mcp":null,"developers":"https://syntology.ai/developers"},"arxiv_metadata":null,"syntology_extracted_results":null}