A sounding rocket experiment was performed in June 1976, in which the solar constant was observed simultaneously outside the earth's atmosphere by three types of absolute cavity radiometers (the Primary Absolute Cavity Radiometer and two Active Cavity Radiometers, Type IV) and duplicates of Nimbus 6 ERB/ESP (Earth Radiation Budget/Eclectic Satellite Pyrheliometer) solar channels. The preliminary average solar constant result from the cavity radiometers is 1367 W/sq m with an uncertainty of less than plus or minus 0.5% in SI units. The duplicate ERB channel 3 on the rocket gave a value of 1389 W/sq m, which agreed exactly with the Nimbus 6 ERB channel 3 measurement made simultaneously with the rocket flight.
Rocket calibration of the Nimbus 6 solar constant measurements
Applied Optics ; 16
1977-10-01
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Rocket/Nimbus Sounder Comparison (Rnsc)
NTIS | 1972
Rocket/Nimbus Sounder Comparison (RNSC)
NTRS | 1972
The fragmentation of the Nimbus 6 rocket body
NTRS | 1991
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