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Total Solar Irradiance Observations from the EURECA and ATLAS Experiments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Dominique Crommelynck
Affiliation:
Royal Meteorological Institute, Brussels, Belgium
Vicente Domingo
Affiliation:
European Space Agency/ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
Alain Fichot
Affiliation:
Royal Meteorological Institute, Brussels, Belgium
Robert Lee III
Affiliation:
Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA 23681, USA

Abstract

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The total solar irradiance was observed by Differential Dual Absolute Radiometers (DIARAD) within the SOVA (SOlar VAriablity) experiment during the EURECA-I mission (EUropean REtrievable CArrier; August 1992 – June 1993) and within the SOLCON (SOLar CONstant) experiment during the ATLAS-1 and 2 missions (ATmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Sciences; March 1992 and April 1993). The results from these observations are presented and the metrology aspect addressed through comparison of the simultaneaous measurements with the two DIARADs on EURECA-I and ATLAS-2, respectively.

Type
Observational Programs for Solar and Stellar Irradiance Variability
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1994

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