Observations of the solar irradiance in the 200-350 nm interval during the ATLAS-1 mission: A comparison among three sets of measurements - SSBUV, SOLSPEC, and SUSIM

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 17, 1996, Pages 2289-2292

  Cebula, R P ^a   Thuillier, G O ^b   VanHoosier, M E ^c   Hilsenrath, E ^d   Herse, M ^b   Brueckner, G E ^c   Simon, P C ^e  

^a HUGHES STX CORPORATION   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DATA STRUCTURES; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; MONOCHROMATORS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; SPACE RESEARCH; SPACE SHUTTLES; SPACECRAFT INSTRUMENTS; SPECTROMETERS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

DATA SETS; FRAUNHOFER LINES; SHUTTLE SOLAR BACKSCATTER ULTRAVIOLET; SOLAR SPECTRUM; SOLAR ULTRAVIOLET SPECTRAL IRRADIANCE MONITOR;

SOLAR RADIATION;

ATLAS-1 MISSION; INSTRUMENT CALIBRATION; SATELLITE INSTRUMENT; SOLAR IRRADIANCE; SOLSPEC; SPECTROMETER; SSBUV; SUSIM;

EID: 0030207056     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL01109     Document Type: Article

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