On the Lessons Learned From the Operations of the ERBE Nonscanner Instrument in Space and the Production of the Nonscanner TOA Radiation Budget Data Set

Monitoring the flow of radiative energy at top of atmosphere (TOA) is essential for understanding Earth's climate and how it is changing with time. The determination of TOA global net radiation budget using broadband nonscanner instruments has received renewed interest recently due to advances...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on geoscience and remote sensing 2018-10, Vol.56 (10), p.5936-5947
Main Authors: Wong, Takmeng, Smith, G. Louis, Kato, Seiji, Loeb, Norman G., Kopp, Greg, Shrestha, Alok K.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Atmospheric measurements
Broadband
Budgets
Climate change
Data conversion
Earth
Earth radiation budget
energy measurement
Extraterrestrial measurements
Instruments
Meteorological satellites
Meteorology
Missions
Monitoring
Monitoring instruments
Net radiation
Radiation
Radiation balance
Satellite broadcasting
Satellite-borne instruments
Satellites
Sea measurements
uncertainty
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Summary:Monitoring the flow of radiative energy at top of atmosphere (TOA) is essential for understanding Earth's climate and how it is changing with time. The determination of TOA global net radiation budget using broadband nonscanner instruments has received renewed interest recently due to advances in both instrument technology and the availability of small satellite platforms. The use of such instruments for monitoring Earth's radiation budget was attempted in the past from satellite missions such as the Nimbus-7 and the Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE). This paper discusses the important lessons learned from the operation of the ERBE nonscanner instrument and the production of the ERBE nonscanner TOA radiation budget data set that have direct relevance to current nonscanner instrument efforts.
ISSN:0196-2892
1558-0644
DOI:10.1109/TGRS.2018.2828783