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Characteristics of the earth radiation budget experiment solar monitorsThe earth radiation budget experiment solar monitors, active cavity pyrheliometers, have been developed to measure every two weeks the total optical solar irradiance from the earth radiation budget satellite (ERBS) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA-9 spacecraft platforms. In the unfiltered 0.2-50-micron wavelength broadband region, the monitors were used to obtain 1365 W/sq m as the mean value for the solar irradiance, with measurement precisions and accuracies approaching 0.1 and 0.2 percent, respectively. The design and characteristics of the solar monitors are presented along with the data reduction model. For the October 1984 through July 1985 period, the resulting ERBS and NOAA-9 solar irradiance values are intercompared.
Document ID
19870063025
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Lee, Robert B., III
(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Barkstrom, Bruce R.
(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Cess, Robert D.
(New York, State University Stony Brook, United States)
Date Acquired
August 13, 2013
Publication Date
August 1, 1987
Publication Information
Publication: Applied Optics
Volume: 26
ISSN: 0003-6935
Subject Category
Spacecraft Instrumentation
Accession Number
87A50299
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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