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The first year of the selective chopper radiometer on Nimbus 4
Author(s) -
Barnett J. J.,
Cross M. J.,
Harwood R. S.,
Houghton J. T.,
Morgan C. G.,
Peckham G. E.,
Rodgers C. D.,
Smith S. D.,
Williamson E. J.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
quarterly journal of the royal meteorological society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.744
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1477-870X
pISSN - 0035-9009
DOI - 10.1002/qj.49709841503
Subject(s) - radiometer , remote sensing , environmental science , chopper , altitude (triangle) , satellite , meteorology , microwave radiometer , atmospheric temperature , atmospheric sounding , atmospheric sciences , geology , geography , physics , aerospace engineering , engineering , geometry , mathematics , quantum mechanics , voltage
The selective chopper radiometer, an instrument for the remote measurement of atmospheric temperature from the surface to about 50 km altitude, was launched on the Nimbus‐4 satellite in April 1970. The performance of the instrument during its first year of operation is described. Good data have been received throughout this period. Various mean atmospheric cross‐sections, temperature profiles and thickness maps are presented as examples of the data which are available from the instrument.