Table 2. Experimental Instrumentation on-board
Nimbus satellites
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Table 2. Experimental Instrumentation on-board |
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Listed below are the various Nimbus instrumentation for imaging, sounding, and other studies in different spectral regions.
Visible Imagery
| Acronyms | Instruments | Satellites |
| AVCS | Advanced Vidicon Camera System | Nimbus 1 and 2 |
| IDCS | Image Dissector Camera System | Nimbus 3 and 4 |
Infrared Imaging
| Acronyms | Instruments | Satellites |
| HRIR | High Resolution Infrared Radiometer | Nimbus 1, 2, and 3 |
| MRIR | Medium Resolution Infrared Radiometer | Nimbus 2 and 3 |
| THIR | Temperature-Humidity Infrared Radiometer | Nimbus 4 through 7 |
Microwave Imaging
| Acronyms | Instruments | Satellites |
| ESMR | Electronic Scanning Microwave Radiometer | Nimbus 5 and 6 |
| SMMR | Scanning Multispectral Microwave Radiometer | Nimbus 7 |
Sounding
| Acronyms | Instruments | Satellites |
| HIRS | High Resolution Infrared Sounder | Nimbus 6 |
| IRIS | Infrared Interferometer Spectrometer | Nimbus 3 and 4 |
| LIMS | Limb Infrared Monitor of the Stratosphere | Nimbus 7 |
| LRIR | Limb Radiance Inversion Radiometer | Nimbus 6 |
| NEMS | Nimbus E Microwave Spectrometer | Nimbus 5 |
| PMR | Pressure Modulated Radiometer | Nimbus 6 |
| SAMS | Stratospheric and Mesospheric Sounder | Nimbus 7 |
| SCAMS | Scanning Microwave Spectrometer | Nimbus 6 |
| SCR | Selective Chopper Radiometer | Nimbus 4 and 5 |
| SIRS | Satellite Infrared Spectrometer | Nimbus 3 and 4 |
Others
| Acronyms | Instruments | Satellites |
| BUV | Backscatter Ultraviolet Spectrometer | Nimbus 4 |
| CZCS | Costal Zone Color Scanner | Nimbus 7 |
| ERB | Earth Radiation Budget | Nimbus 6 and 7 |
| SAMII | Stratospheric Aerosol Measurement-II | Nimbus 7 |
| SCMR | Surface Composition Mapping Radiometer | Nimbus 5 |
| SBUV/TOMS | Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet/Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer | Nimbus 7 |
| TWERLE | Tropical Wind Energy Conversion and Reference Level Experiment | Nimbus 6 |
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