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SSBUV middle ultraviolet solar spectral irradiance measurementsThe Shuttle Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet (SSBUV) instrument performs multiple solar spectral irradiance measurements in the wavelength region 200 to 400 nm at 1.1 nm resolution during yearly Space Shuttle flights. Solar spectral irradiance observations from the first three SSBUV Shuttle flights, October 1989, October 1990, and August 1991, are compared with one another and with solar measurements made by the NOAA-11 SBUV/2 instrument. The repeated SSBUV solar spectral observations, which agree to within plus or minus 1-2 percent from 200 to 400 nm, are valuable not only as a means of validating and calibrating the satellite-based solar irradiance measurements, but also as a distinct set of stand-alone solar measurements for monitoring long-term changes in the solar spectral irradiance, which are important for ozone photochemistry.
Document ID
19950004716
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Cebula, Richard P.
(Hughes STX, Inc. Lanham, MD., United States)
Hilsenrath, Ernest
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
September 6, 2013
Publication Date
April 1, 1994
Publication Information
Publication: Ozone in the Troposphere and Stratosphere, Part 2
Subject Category
Geophysics
Accession Number
95N11129
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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