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Limb-darkening functions as derived from along-track operation of the erbe scanning radiometer for january 1985
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Smith Sr., G. Louis Suttles, John T. Walker, Ira Manalo, Natividad |
| Copyright Year | 1989 |
| Description | During January 1985, the scanning radiometer aboard the Earth Radiation Budget Satellite was operated to scan along-track. These data have been analyzed to produce limb-darkening functions for Earth emitted radiation, which relate the radiance in any given direction to the radiant exitance. Limb-darkening functions are presented in tabular form and shown as figures for 10 day cases and 12 night cases, corresponding to various scene types and latitude zones. The scene types were computed using measurements within 10 deg of zenith. The limb-darkening functions have values of 1.03 to 1.09 at zenith, with 1.06 being typical. It is found that latitude causes a variation on the order of 1 percent, except for zenith angles greater than 70 deg. These limb-darkening models are about 2 percent higher at zenith than the models derived from Nimbus 7 data. |
| File Size | 1010131 |
| Page Count | 25 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19890008003 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t56f0rd2z |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1989-03-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Meteorology And Climatology Long Wave Radiation Radiometers Tables Data Limb Darkening Earth Radiation Budget Scanners Nimbus 7 Satellite Satellite Observation Latitude Zenith Remote Sensing Terrestrial Radiation Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
