Measurements and Applications
Radiation budget measurements - Total energy of Sun's radiant heat and light, Reflected solar radiation, Earth emitted radiation.
Full Name
Earth Radiation Budget Experiment
Status
No longer operational
Instrument Agencies
Maturity
Instrument Type
Earth radiation budget radiometers 
Geometry
Instrument Technology
Broad-band radiometer
Sampling
Other
Resolution
1000 km sun, 40 km Earth
Swath
Full sun and full earth views
Waveband
Sunview: NIR - FIR: 0.2 - 3.5 µm, 0.2 - 50.0 µm; Channel 5: 0.2 - 50.0 µm; Earth view: 0.2 - 50.0 µm
| UV (~0.01 µm - ~0.40 µm) |
| VIS (~0.40 µm - ~0.75 µm) |
| NIR (~0.75 µm - ~1.3 µm) |
| SWIR (~1.3 µm - ~3.0 µm) |
| MWIR (~3.0 µm - ~6.0 µm) |
| TIR (~6.0 µm - ~15.0 µm) |
| FIR (~15.0 µm - ~0.1 cm) |
NOAA-9 - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 9 (1984 - 1998) |
| ERBS - Earth Radiation Budget Satellite (1984 - 2005) |
| NOAA-10 - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 10 (1986 - 2001) |