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First realisation of the Space Absolute Radiometric Reference (SARR) during the ATLAS 2 flight periodA number of different solar constant observations all made from space during the ATLAS 2 mission have been gathered and compared to each other. The Sun did not have a single sunspot during several days. As eight of the radiometric channels were all within 0.1%, the mean of the observations has been used to determine a set of adjustment factors providing de facto the definition of the Space Absolute Radiometric Reference (SARR). The differential absolute radiometers of Solar Constant (SOLCON) experiment and the Solar Variability-1 (SOVA 1) experiment, as well as the SOVA 2 and Active Cavity Radiometer (ACR) radiometers that have been brought back to the Earth may, if used in the same conditions, reproduce and maintain the SARR for the future.
Document ID
19950052367
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Crommelynck, D.
(Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium Brussels, Belgium)
Fichot, A.
(Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium Brussels, Belgium)
Lee, R. B., III
(NASA Langely Research Center Hampton, VA, US, United States)
Romero, J.
(World Radiation Center Dorfstrasse, Switzerland)
Date Acquired
August 16, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1995
Publication Information
Publication: Advances in Space Research
Volume: 16
Issue: 8
ISSN: 0273-1177
Subject Category
Solar Physics
Accession Number
95A83966
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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