NSSDCA ID: 1984-123A-07
Mission Name: NOAA 9The Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet Radiometer (SBUV/2) was designed to map total ozone concentrations on a global scale, and to provide the vertical distribution of ozone in the earth's atmosphere. The instrument design was based upon the technology developed for the SBUV/TOMS flown on Nimbus 7. The SBUV/2 instrument measured backscattered solar radiation in an 11.3-deg 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 was determined at the same 12 wavelength bands by deploying a diffuser which reflected sunlight into the instrument's field of view. The SBUV/2 also measured the solar irradiance or the atmospheric radiance with a continuous spectral scan from 160 to 400 nm in increments of 0.148 nm. The SBUV/2 had another narrowband filter photometer channel, called the cloud cover radiometer (CCR), which continuously measured the earth's surface brightness at 380 nm. The CCR field of view was 11.3 deg.
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Name | Role | Original Affiliation | |
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Dr. Fred G. Cunningham | Team Leader | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center | |
Dr. Donald F. Heath | Team Member | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |