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Observing the earth radiation budget from satellites - Past, present, and a look to the futureSatellite measurements of the radiative exchange between the planet earth and space have been the objective of many experiments since the beginning of the space age in the late 1950's. The on-going mission of the Earth Radiation Budget (ERB) experiments has been and will be to consider flight hardware, data handling and scientific analysis methods in a single design strategy. Research and development on observational data has produced an analysis model of errors associated with ERB measurement systems on polar satellites. Results show that the variability of reflected solar radiation from changing meteorology dominates measurement uncertainties. As an application, model calculations demonstrate that measurement requirements for the verification of climate models may be satisfied with observations from one polar satellite, provided there is information on diurnal variations of the radiation budget from the ERBE mission.
Document ID
19860025677
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
House, F. B.
(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA; Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 12, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1985
Publication Information
Publication: Advances in Space Research
Volume: 5
Issue: 6 19
ISSN: 0273-1177
Subject Category
Meteorology And Climatology
Accession Number
86A10415
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS1-16428
Distribution Limits
Public
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