Self-Study Manual now available on Compact Disc. (General Developments).The Self-Study Manual on Optical Radiation Measurements has proven to be a valuable and useful reference in the fields of radiometry and photometry photometry (fōtŏm`ətrē), branch of physics dealing with the measurement of the intensity of a source of light, such as an electric lamp, and with the intensity of light such a source may cast on a surface area. . This series of eight documents was published from 1977 to 1985 as NBS (National Bureau of Standards) See NIST. NBS - National Bureau of Standards: part of the US Department of Commerce, now NIST. Tech Notes 910-1 through 910-8. However, it has been out-of-print for many years. NIST has re-released the Self-Study Manual electronically. All eight volumes are now available on one compact disc for viewing, searching, and printing. The CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). presents the 600-plus page series in searchable Portable Document Format (file format) Portable Document Format - (PDF) The native file format for Adobe Systems' Acrobat. PDF is the file format for representing documents in a manner that is independent of the original application software, hardware, and operating system used to create those documents. (.pdf), and includes links to the reader software. Through the Self-Study Manual, the reader can learn about the measurement of incoherent optical radiation, including definitions and terminology, measurement equations, relevant SI units, instrumentation, and sample applications. CONTACT: Sally Bruce, (301) 975-2323; sally.bruce@nist.gov. |
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