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Earth Radiation Budget Research at the NASA Langley Research Center / G. Louis Smith, Edwin F. Harrison and Gary G. Gibson.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Smith, G. Louis (George Louis), author.
- Harrison, Edwin F., author.
- Gibson, Gary G., author.
- Series:
- NASA SP (Series) ; 619.
- NASA/SP ; 2014-619
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (iii, 61 pages) : color illustrations, color maps.
- Place of Publication:
- Hampton, VA : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Langley Research Center, May 2014.
- Summary:
- In the 1970s research studies concentrating on satellite measurements of Earth's radiation budget started at the NASA Langley Research Center. Since that beginning, considerable effort has been devoted to developing measurement techniques, data analysis methods, and time-space sampling strategies to meet the radiation budget science requirements for climate studies. Implementation and success of the Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE) and the Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) was due to the remarkable teamwork of many engineers, scientists, and data analysts. Data from ERBE have provided a new understanding of the effects of clouds, aerosols, and El Nino/La Nina oscillation on the Earth's radiation. CERES spacecraft instruments have extended the time coverage with high quality climate data records for over a decade. Using ERBE and CERES measurements these teams have created information about radiation at the top of the atmosphere, at the surface, and throughout the atmosphere for a better understanding of our climate. They have also generated surface radiation products for designers of solar power plants and buildings and numerous other applications.
- Notes:
- "May 2014."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 52-54).
- Cover: the image on the cover of the publication shows the Earth Radiation Budget Satellite on Remote Manipulator Arm of Space Shuttle Challenger prior to release into orbit. NASA photograph STS41G-49-019.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF cover (NASA, viewed April 17, 2017).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Smith, G. Louis, Earth Radiation Budget Research at the NASA Langley Research Center
- OCLC:
- 982698825
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