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Preferred term

IDCS Nimbus-3  

Definition

  • The Nimbus 3 Image Dissector Camera System (IDCS) was designed to take daytime cloudcover photographs. The pictures could be transmitted to APT stations using the real-time transmission system (RTTS) or stored on magnetic tape for subsequent playback to ground acquisition stations. The camera was mounted on the bottom of the satellite sensory ring and pointed vertically down toward the earth at all times. The image dissector was a shutterless electronic scan and step tube mounted behind a wide-angle (108 deg), 5.7-mm focal length lens. Scanning and stepping functions occurred continuously while the satellite progressed along its orbital path. The field of view of the optics was 73.6 deg in the direction of flight and 98.2 deg in a plane normal to the direction of flight. The image was focused by the optics on a photosensitive surface of the image dissector tube. A line-scanning beam scanned the photosensitive surface at 4 Hz with a frame period of 200 s. At the nominal spacecraft altitude of 1100 km, each resulting picture was approximately 1400 km on a side, with a ground resolution of 3 km at nadir. For a more detailed description, see Section 2 of "The Nimbus III User's Guide" (TRF B03409). The experiment was a success and produced good data until September 25, 1970, when operations were terminated owing to spacecraft yaw problems. Data from this experiment are available through SDSD. The IDCS world montages were presented in "The Nimbus III Data Catalog" (TRF B06523), available from NSSDC. Group: Instrument_Details Entry_ID: IDCS NIMBUS-3 Group: Instrument_Identification Instrument_Category: Earth Remote Sensing Instruments Instrument_Class: Passive Remote Sensing Instrument_Type: Photon/Optical Detectors Instrument_Subtype: Cameras Short_Name: IDCS NIMBUS-3 Long_Name: Image Dissector Camera System on NIMBUS-3 End_Group Group: Associated_Platforms Short_Name: NIMBUS-3 End_Group Online_Resource: http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/experimentDisplay.do?id=1969-037A-06 Creation_Date: 2013-03-28 End_Group (en)

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  • 2013-03-28 12:52:47.0 [mpmorahan] Insert Concept add broader relation (IDCS NIMBUS-3 [56d237d3-4b34-4c75-8c9e-5d20dffd48b1,83223] - Cameras [d322ae9d-bde0-448f-948d-777aef096eb6,75167]);
  • 2015-05-12 13:24:15.0 [saritz] Changed Nimbus to mixed case. update AltLabel (Image Dissector Camera System on Nimbus-3); update PrefLabel (IDCS Nimbus-3);

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https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/56d237d3-4b34-4c75-8c9e-5d20dffd48b1

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