Small satellite radiation budget instrumentation

Conference · Fri May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1992

OSTI ID:10137403

Weber, P G

A major diagnostic in understanding the response of the Earth`s climate to natural or anthropogenic changes is the radiative balance at the top of the atmosphere. Two classes of measurements may be undertaken: (1) a monitoring of the radiation balance over decade-long long time-scales, and (2) measurements designed to provide a sufficiently complete data set to validate or improve models. This paper discusses some of the important ingredients in obtaining such data, and presents a description of some candidate instrumentation for use on a small satellite. 23 refs.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 10137403
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-92-949; CONF-9204112-1; ON: DE92011134
• Resource Relation: Conference: 2. small satellite technology and applications,Orlando, FL (United States),20-24 Apr 1992; Other Information: PBD: [1992]
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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INFRARED RADIATION
CLOUDS
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