Exospheric cleaning of the Earth Radiation Budget solar radiometer during solar maximumAnomalous behavior of the Earth Sensor Assemblies (ESA) had been observed on the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) 5D/1 satellites and the Tiros-N satellite. The present investigation is concerned with the reasons for the observed phenomena. Degradation of the Earth Radiation Budget (ERB) solar channels and the Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet and Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (SBUV/TOMS) diffuser plate is attributed to transmission or reflection loss originating from the growth of an organic film by photolytic polymerization. Simultaneous degradation of the ESA interference filter coated lenses facing the flight direction and the recovery of the ERB solar channels on Nimbus 6 and 7 is caused by a reaction with the increase in the exospheric atmospheric density caused by solar maximum.
Document ID
19840045674
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Predmore, R. E. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Jacobowitz, H. (NOAA, National Environmental Satellite Service, Washington DC, United States)
Hickey, J. R. (Eppley Laboratories, Inc. Newport, RI, United States)