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First-Principles Definition and Measurement of Planetary Electromagnetic-Energy BudgetThe imperative to quantify the Earths electromagnetic-energy budget with an extremely high accuracy has been widely recognized but has never been formulated in the framework of fundamental physics. In this paper we give a first-principles definition of the planetary electromagnetic-energy budget using the Poynting- vector formalism and discuss how it can, in principle, be measured. Our derivation is based on an absolute minimum of theoretical assumptions, is free of outdated notions of phenomenological radiometry, and naturally leads to the conceptual formulation of an instrument called the double hemispherical cavity radiometer (DHCR). The practical measurement of the planetary energy budget would require flying a constellation of several dozen planet-orbiting satellites hosting identical well-calibrated DHCRs.
Document ID
20160007478
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Mishchenko, Michael I.
(NASA Goddard Inst. for Space Studies New York, NY United States)
Lock, James A.
(Cleveland State Univ. Cleveland, OH, United States)
Lacis, Andrew A.
(NASA Goddard Inst. for Space Studies New York, NY United States)
Travis, Larry D.
(NASA Goddard Inst. for Space Studies New York, NY United States)
Cairns, Brian
(NASA Goddard Inst. for Space Studies New York, NY United States)
Date Acquired
June 13, 2016
Publication Date
May 18, 2016
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics, Image Science, and Vision
Publisher: OSA Publishing
Volume: 33
Issue: 6
ISSN: 1084-7529
Subject Category
Earth Resources And Remote Sensing
Report/Patent Number
GSFC-E-DAA-TN32536
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
phenomenology
radiometers
formalism

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