Sunshine recorder
![A Campbell–Stokes sunshine recorder](/Images/godic/202502/14/Heliograph_wendelstein_2002_00a0541.jpg")
![A Jordan sunshine recorder (left). The other instrument is a Marvin sunshine recorder.](/Images/godic/202502/14/Sunshine_recorders0541.jpg")
A sunshine recorder is a device that records the amount of sunshine at a given location. The results provide information about the weather and climate as well as the temperature of a geographical area. This information is useful in meteorology, science, agriculture, tourism, and other fields. It has also been called a heliograph.