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White paper on sbuv/2 solar irradiance measurements
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Cebula, Richard P. DeLand, Matthew T. Hilsenrath, Ernest |
| Copyright Year | 1996 |
| Description | The importance of solar irradiance measurements by the Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet, Model 2 (SBUV/2) instruments on NOAA's operational satellites is described. These measurements are necessary accurately monitor the long-term changes in the global column ozone amount, the altitude distribution of ozone in the upper stratosphere, and the degree to which ozone changes are caused by anthropogenic sources. Needed to accomplish these goals are weekly solar irradiance measurements at the operational ozone wavelengths, daily measurements of the Mg II proxy index, instrument-specific Mg II scale factors, and daily measurements of the solar spectral irradiance at photochemically important wavelengths. Two solar measurement schedules are provided: (1) a baseline schedule for all instruments except the NOAA-14 instrument and (2) a modified schedule for the NOAA-14 SBUV/2 instrument. This latter schedule is needed due to the NOAA-14 grating drive problems. |
| File Size | 675737 |
| Page Count | 14 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19960017623 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t49p8042c |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1996-02-14 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Spacecraft Instrumentation Solar Spectra Solar Activity Solar Backscatter Uv Spectrometer Ultraviolet Spectra Solar Constant Ozone Solar Radiation Ozonometry Noaa Satellites 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 |
