[Source: GLORY project home page, http://glory.gsfc.nasa.gov/overview-tim.html ] The TIM will collect high accuracy, high precision measurements of total solar irradiance using an active cavity radiometer that monitors changes in incident sunlight to Earth's atmosphere. Changes in both the solar irradiance and in the composition of the atmosphere can cause global climate change. Solar irradiance is a purely a natural phenomenon, while the composition of the atmosphere is strongly influenced by the byproducts of modern industrial societies. Over the past century, the average surface temperature of Earth has increased by about 0.5 degrees Celsius. The TIM is a heritage-design instrument that was originally flown on the SORCE satellite launched in January 2003. Group: Instrument_Details Entry_ID: TIM Group: Instrument_Identification Instrument_Category: Solar/Space Observing Instruments Instrument_Class: Visible/Infrared Instruments Short_Name: TIM Long_Name: Total Irradiance Monitor End_Group Group: Associated_Platforms Short_Name: GLORY Short_Name: SORCE Short_Name: STPSat-3 End_Group Group: Spectral_Frequency_Information Wavelength_Keyword: Visible Number_Channels: 1 End_Group Group: Spectral_Frequency_Information Wavelength_Keyword: Ultraviolet End_Group Group: Spectral_Frequency_Information Wavelength_Keyword: Near Infrared End_Group Online_Resource: http://glory.gsfc.nasa.gov/overview-tim2.html Online_Resource: http://glory.giss.nasa.gov/tim/ Online_Resource: http://lasp.colorado.edu/sorce/instruments/tim.htm Sample_Image: http://glory.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/tim2.jpg Creation_Date: 2007-01-05 Group: Instrument_Logistics Data_Rate: 713 bps Instrument_Start_Date: 2003-01-25 Instrument_Owner: USA/NASA Instrument_Owner: LASP-CU End_Group End_Group
TIM
Visible/Infrared Instruments