Total solar irradiance was observed simultaneously outside the earth's atmosphere by three types of absolute cavity radiometers and duplicates of four of the Nimbus 6 Earth Radiation Budget (ERB) solar channels in a June 1976 sounding rocket experiment. The preliminary average solar constant result from the cavity radiometers is 1367 Wm (-2) with an uncertainty of less than + or - 0.5% in S.I. units. The duplicate ERB channel 3 on the rocket gave a value of 1389 Wm (-2) which agreed exactly with the Nimbus 6 ERB channel 3 measurement made simultaneously with the rocket flight.


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    Title :

    Rocket calibration of the Nimbus 6 solar constant measurements


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    Publication date :

    1977-03-01


    Type of media :

    Preprint


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




    Rocket calibration of the Nimbus 6 solar constant measurements

    Duncan, C. H. / Harrison, R. G. / Kendall, J. M., Sr. et al. | NTRS | 1977


    Rocket Calibration of the Nimbus 6 Solar Constant Measurements

    C. H. Duncan / R. G. Harrison / J. R. Hickey et al. | NTIS | 1977