SCR (Nimbus-5) Instrument

Identifierscr-nimbus-5NamesSelective Chopper RadiometerSCR (Nimbus-5) About identifiers

Measurements and Applications

Atmospheric temperature profile

Instrument Summary

Full Name
Selective Chopper Radiometer
Status
No longer operational
Instrument Agencies
Maturity
Instrument Type
Atmospheric temperature and humidity sounders
Geometry
Nadir-viewing
Instrument Technology
Multi-channel/direction/polarisation radiometer
Sampling
Data Access
Data Format

Performance Summary

Resolution
30 km (40 km for pressure-modulated channels)
[Best Resolution: 30000m]
Swath
Nadir only. IFOV of the 4 channels around 668.2 cm-1: 40 km; for all other 12 channels: 30 km
Accuracy
Waveband
16-channel radiometer, with 4 channel implemented by a correlation spectrometer exploiting pressurised CO2 cells, the other 12 by a filter wedge spectrometer
 

Instrument Missions

NIMBUS-5 - Nimbus 5 (1972 - 1983) nimbus-5_scr-nimbus-5

Instrument Measurements