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  2. Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment - Wikipedia

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    The Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment (SORCE) was a 2003–2020 NASA-sponsored satellite mission that measured incoming X-ray, ultraviolet, visible, near-infrared, and total solar radiation. [2] These measurements specifically addressed long-term climate change , natural variability, atmospheric ozone , and UV-B radiation , enhancing ...

  3. Solar irradiance - Wikipedia

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    Solar radiation maps are built using databases derived from satellite imagery, as for example using visible images from Meteosat Prime satellite. A method is applied to the images to determine solar radiation. One well validated satellite-to-irradiance model is the SUNY model. [38] The accuracy of this model is well evaluated.

  4. Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System - Wikipedia

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    The Terra satellite, launched in December 1999, carried two (Flight Module 1 (FM1) and FM2) and the Aqua satellite, launched in May 2002, carried two more (FM3 and FM4). A fifth instrument (FM5) was launched on the Suomi NPP satellite in October 2011 and a sixth (FM6) on NOAA-20 in November 2017. With the failure of the PFM on TRMM and the 2005 ...

  5. NRLMSISE-00 - Wikipedia

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    MSIS [3] stands for mass spectrometer and incoherent scatter radar, the two primary data sources for development of earlier versions of the model. E indicates that the model extends from the ground through exosphere and 00 is the year of release. Over the years since introduction, NRLMSISE-00 has become the standard for international space ...

  6. Joint Polar Satellite System - Wikipedia

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    It will observe the Earth's radiation budget, analyzing solar radiation entering Earth's atmosphere and the amount that is either absorbed, reflected, or emitted. This is important for determining if the Earth is heating, cooling or balanced. Libera will help maintain the 40-year data record of the solar radiation balance. [15]

  7. Solar activity and climate - Wikipedia

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    Measurements from NASA's Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment show that solar UV output is more variable than total solar irradiance. Climate modelling suggests that low solar activity may result in, for example, colder winters in the US and northern Europe and milder winters in Canada and southern Europe, with little change in global ...

  8. Space Weather Prediction Center - Wikipedia

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    The Space Weather Prediction Center is one of the nine National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) and provides real-time monitoring and forecasting of solar and geophysical events, conducts research in solar-terrestrial physics (i.e. heliophysics), and develops techniques for forecasting solar and geophysical disturbances.

  9. Weather satellite - Wikipedia

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    The first weather satellite to be considered a success was TIROS-1, launched by NASA on April 1, 1960. [5] TIROS operated for 78 days and proved to be much more successful than Vanguard 2. Other early weather satellite programs include the 1962 Defense Satellite Applications Program (DSAP) [ 6 ] and the 1964 Soviet Meteor series .