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SAM-2 ground-truth plan: Correlative measurements for the Stratospheric Aerosol Measurement-2 (SAM 2) sensor on the Nimbus G satelliteThe SAM-2 will fly aboard the Nimbus-G satellite for launch in the fall of 1978 and measure stratospheric vertical profiles of aerosol extinction in high latitude bands. The plan gives details of the location and times for the simultaneous satellite/correlative measurements for the nominal launch time, the rationale and choice of the correlative sensors, their characteristics and expected accuracies, and the conversion of their data to extinction profiles. The SAM-2 expected instrument performance and data inversion results are presented. Various atmospheric models representative of polar stratospheric aerosols are used in the SAM-2 and correlative sensor analyses.
Document ID
19780019746
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Technical Memorandum (TM)
Authors
Russell, P. B.
(SRI International Menlo Park, Calif., United States)
Mccormick, M. P.
(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Mcmaster, L. R.
(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Pepin, T. J.
(Wyoming Univ. Laramie, United States)
Chu, W. P.
(Systems and Applied Sciences Corp. Riverdale, Md., United States)
Swissler, T. J.
(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Date Acquired
September 3, 2013
Publication Date
June 1, 1978
Subject Category
Geophysics
Report/Patent Number
NASA-TM-78747
Accession Number
78N27689
Funding Number(s)
PROJECT: RTOP 642-14-03-07
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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