Physics – Optics
Scientific paper
Feb 1977
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(International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, Meeting, Grenoble, France, Aug. 27, 1975.) Applied Optics, vol. 16, Feb. 1977, p
Physics
Optics
12
Earth Albedo, Earth Radiation Budget, Energy Budgets, Insolation, Nimbus 6 Satellite, Radiation Measurement, Terrestrial Radiation, Black Body Radiation, Calibrating, Radiant Flux Density, Satellite-Borne Instruments, Synoptic Meteorology
Scientific paper
The Earth Radiation Budget (ERB) experiment being flown in Nimbus-6 is described, with attention given to prelaunch calibration techniques and in-flight performance of the instruments. Discrepancies between the fixed wide-angle and scanning narrow-angle measurements of planetary outgoing long-wavelength flux are noted. Errors in estimates of wide-angle flux are attributed to the nonisotropic radiation of the earth, which does not fill the field of view of the detectors (designed for an isotropic blackbody source). Values of the planetary global albedo, long-wavelength radiation fluxes, and net radiation are given for July-Aug. 1975, and for the solar constant (the ERB value is 1.6% higher than the expected value).
Drummond Alexei J.
Hickey Jeff
Hilleary D. T.
Howell Hugh B.
Jacobowitz Howard
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