The NOAA 9 Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet Radiometer
(SBUV/2) is designed to provide the vertical distribution of ozone in the
Earth's atmosphere. The SBUV/2 instrument measures backscattered solar
radiation in an 11.3-degree field-of-view in the nadir direction at 12
discrete, 1.1 nm wide, wavelength bands between 252.0 and 339.8 nm.
The solar irradiance is determined at the same 12 wavelength bands by
deploying a diffuser which will reflect sunlight into the instrument
field-of-view. The SBUV/2 can also measure the solar irradiance or the
atmospheric radiance with a continuous spectral scan from 160 nm to
400 nm in increments nominally 0.148 nm. The SBUV/2 has another
narrowband filter photometer channel, called the cloud cover radiometer
(CCR), which continuously measures the earth's surface brightness at
380 nm. The CCR field-of-view is 11.3 degrees.
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The NOAA 9 Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet Radiometer
(SBUV/2) is designed to provide the vertical distribution of ozone in the
Earth's atmosphere. The SBUV/2 instrument measures backscattered solar
radiation in an 11.3-degree field-of-view in the nadir direction at 12
discrete, 1.1 nm wide, wavelength bands between 252.0 and 339.8 nm.
The solar irradiance is determined at the same 12 wavelength bands by
deploying a diffuser which will reflect sunlight into the instrument
field-of-view. The SBUV/2 can also measure the solar irradiance or the
atmospheric radiance with a continuous spectral scan from 160 nm to
400 nm in increments nominally 0.148 nm. The SBUV/2 has another
narrowband filter photometer channel, called the cloud cover radiometer
(CCR), which continuously measures the earth's surface brightness at
380 nm. The CCR field-of-view is 11.3 degrees.
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