Instruments of the Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE) are operating on three different Earth-orbiting spacecraft. The Earth Radiation Budget Satellite (ERBS) is operated by NASA, and NOAA 9 and NOAA 10 weather satellites are operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). This paper is the second in a series that describes the ERBE mission, and data processing and validation procedures. This paper describes the spacecraft and instrument operations for the second full year of in-orbit operations, which extend from February 1986 through January 1987. Validation and archival of radiation measurements made by ERBE instruments during this second year of operation were completed in July 1991. This period includes the only time, November 1986 through January 1987, during which all ERBE instruments aboard the ERBE, NOAA 9, and NOAA 10 spacecraft were simultaneously operational. This paper covers normal and special operations of the spacecraft and instruments, operational anomalies, and the responses of the instruments to in-orbit and seasonal variations in the solar environment.
Mission Description and in-Flight Operations of ERBE Instruments on ERBS, NOAA 9, and NOAA 10 Spacecraft
1992
217 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Space Technology , Earth radiation budget experiment , Noaa 10 satellite , Noaa 9 satellite , Radiometers , Spacecraft instruments , Data reduction , Earth radiation budget , Annual variations , Anomalies , Azimuth , Calibrating , Data acquisition , Elevation angle , Radiation measurement , Scanners