Measurements and Applications
Long term measurement of the Earth's radiation budget and atmospheric radiation from the top of the atmosphere to the surface; provision of an accurate and self-consistent cloud and radiation database.
Full Name
Radiation Budget Instrument
Status
No longer considered
Instrument Agencies
Maturity
Instrument Type
Earth radiation budget radiometers 
Geometry
Cross-track scanning
Instrument Technology
Broad-band radiometer
Sampling
Other
Data Access
Open Access
Data Format
CCSDS packets
Accuracy
0.5%, 1%, 0.5% (respectively for the 3 channels)
Waveband
3 channels: 0.3-100 µm, 0.3 - 5µm, 5- 50 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) |