Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP)
TIM – Total Irradiance Monitor
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- Category
- Physical Infrastructure
- Affiliations
- LASP
Description
Total Irradiance Monitor, which measures total solar irradiance (the spatially and spectrally integrated solar radiation at the top of Earth’s atmosphere) with an ambient-temperature active cavity radiometer, continuing the solar climate data record; flown on Glory, SORCE, TCTE and TSIS-1, with a unit in development for TSIS-2.
Official page
https://lasp.colorado.edu/instruments/tim/
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Details
- Keywords
- total solar irradiance, solar climate data record, active cavity radiometer, solar forcing, glory and sorce missions, tsis-2 development
- Location
- In space
- Measurement band
- Spatially and spectrally integrated
- Instrument platform
- TSIS-1
- Associated entity
- Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics
- Status
- A TIM instrument is currently in development for the future TSIS-2 mission.