SOLAR-STELLAR IRRADIANCE COMPARISON EXPERIMENT-1 .2. INSTRUMENT CALIBRATIONS

被引:94
作者
WOODS, TN [1 ]
ROTTMAN, GJ [1 ]
UCKER, GJ [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV COLORADO, ATMOSPHER & SPACE PHYS LAB, BOULDER, CO 80309 USA
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10.1029/93JD00463
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P4 [大气科学(气象学)];
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0706 ; 070601 ;
摘要
The science objective for the Solar-Stellar Irradiance Comparison Experiment (SOLSTICE) is to accurately measure the full disk solar spectral irradiance in the ultraviolet (UV) spectral region over a long time period. The SOLSTICE design was driven by the requirement for long-term, precise solar photometry conducted from space. The SOLSTICE 1 is on the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS), launched in September 1991 with the possibility for a 10-year operational mission. The in-flight calibration for SOLSTICE to meet its primary objective is the routine measurements of the UV radiation from a set of early-type stars, using the identical optical elements employed for the solar observations. The extensive preflight calibrations of the instrument have yielded a precise characterization of the three SOLSTICE channels. Details of the preflight and in-flight SOLSTICE calibrations are discussed in this paper.
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