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March 15, 1978
| Nimbus G
EXPECTED LAUNCH DATE: August 31, 1978
ORBIT: Sun-synchronous, near polar; ascending node at about 1200 hours local time
Altitude: 955 km Inclination: 99,3°
‘Period: 104 minutes, with 6-day repeat cycle
PURPOSE: Integral part of Seasat-A program Long term weather prediction
Monitor pollution of air and oceans Atmosphere/ocean interface
Mc MPO EUR D DM c:
Map sediments and coastal effluents
1 SENSORS: Sensor
i Wavelength Resolution Fov Measurement Scientist
! Scanning Multi- 6.6, 10.7, 33-245 km sea-surface tempera-
| channel Microwave 18, 21, (spatial) 109 ture, ocean rainfall Dr. Per
Radiometer (SMMR) 37 gHz $now and ice parame- Gloersen,
(to cover polar ters, atmospheric NASA/GSFC ( 4
areas not covered water content NS
by identical SMMR
on Seasat)
Coastal Zone 0.43-0.45 um chlorophyll absorption
Color Scanner 0.51-0.53 um chlorophyll correlation
(Czcs) 0.54-0.56 um gelbstoffe (yellow Dr. Warren
800 m 1800 km substance) Hovis,
0.66-0.68 un. chlorophyll absorption NOAA/NESS
0.70-0.80 un surface vegetation
10.5-12.5 um surface temperature
Solar and Back- 2550-3400 À 11.33? stratospheric ozone
‘scattered llltra- (step scan) profile Dr. Donald
violet/Total Ozone 1600-4000 À 50 km 3* global distribution Heath,
Mapping Spectro- (continuous of total ozone NASA/GSFC
meter (SBUV/TOMS) scan)
Limb Infrared
6 channels
. Vertical profiles of
Dr. James M.
Monitor of tne 6-18 um 0.5 mrad 29 temperature, concen- Russell Ill,
Stratosphere trations of 0,, H,0, NASA/Langley
(LIMS) NO; and HNO,
Stratospheric lum .distribution and Dr. M. P.
Aerosol Measure- optical properties McCormick,
ment (SAM II) of aerosols from NASA/Langley
solar photometer 10 to 160 km
Stratospheric and . 100 x vertical profiles of Dr. John 6
Mesospheric 10 km stratospheric CO2, Houghton,
Sounder (SAMS) CO, NO, H20, N20, and Univ. of
CH, Oxford, UK
Measurement of
Air Pollution
from Satellites
(MAPS)
Experiments continued from Nimbus S and/or 6:
Temperature
Humidity Infra-
red Radiometer
(THIR)
Earth Radiation
Budget (ERB)
22-channel
radiometer
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
reported in:
6.5-7 um 21 mrad
10.5-12.5 um 7 mrad
map global distribution
of CO, CH«, and NH,
levels in troposphere
infrared radiation from
Earth; pictures and
3-dinensional mapping
of cloud cover
Compute radíation
budget
Archival and publication plans for Nimbus C data will be
Nímbus-G Data Users Bulletin Project Manager: Ron Brovníng
Nimbus Data Applications System NASA/GSFC
Code 902, NASA/GSFC
Greenbelt, Md. 20771
