"Method for comparison of GERB and CERES radiances"
Authors
Smith, G.L.
Szewczyk, Z.P.
Mlynczak, P.E.
Lee, R.B.
Wielicki,B.A.
Priestley,K.J.
Harries, J.E.
Dewitte, S.
Clerbaux, N.
Discipline
Earth and related Environmental sciences
Subject
Calibration
Clouds
Equipment and services
Radiation
Satellites
Solar radiation
Audience
General Public
Scientific
Date
2004Publisher
IRM
KMI
RMI
Metadata
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The Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget (GERB) instrument aboard the Meteosat Second Generation Satellite has 256 channels which measure total radiance and 256 channels which measure solar radiation reflected from the Earth. In order to validate the calibration of these channels, the Clouds and Earth Radiant Energy System (CERES) instrument aboard the Terra spacecraft is operated in such a way as to view Earth scenes from the same direction as the GERB, so as to measure the same total and reflected solar radiances. The method uses the capability to program the azimuth of the CERES scan plane, such that the scan plane includes the GERB.
Citation
Smith, G.L.; Szewczyk, Z.P.; Mlynczak, P.E.; Lee, R.B.; Wielicki,B.A.; Priestley,K.J.; Harries, J.E.; Dewitte, S.; Clerbaux, N. (2004). "Method for comparison of GERB and CERES radiances". , Issue In Proceedings of the SPIE 8th conference on Sensors, Systems, and Next-Generation Satellites, volume 5234, pp. 423-432, IRM,Identifiers
Type
Article
Peer-Review
Not pertinent
Language
eng