2020-06-19 13:03:00.0 [mmorahan] insert AltLabel (id: null category: primary text: Limb Radiance Inversion Radiometer language code: en); insert Definition (id: null text: The limb radiance inversion radiometer (LRIR) on Nimbus 6 was the first orbiting infrared limb scanner; it has four channels with which to determine temperature, O3, and H2O in the stratosphere and low mesosphere. The limb infrared monitor of the stratosphere (LIMS) is a similar six-channel instrument which was launched on Nimbus 7 in October 1978 in order to measure O3, H2O, NO2, and HNO3. The instrumentation and inversion techniques are briefly described, and the application of limb scanner data to the study of photochemical, dynamical, and transport problems is discussed. language code: en); insert WeightedRelation (id: null related concept uuid: 6bbdcd8e-cbe4-48db-96e6-1d5f1dd1e857 relationship type: null relationship value: null generated by: null);
Radiometers
LRIR
The limb radiance inversion radiometer (LRIR) on Nimbus 6 was the first orbiting infrared limb scanner; it has four channels with which to determine temperature, O3, and H2O in the stratosphere and low mesosphere. The limb infrared monitor of the stratosphere (LIMS) is a similar six-channel instrument which was launched on Nimbus 7 in October 1978 in order to measure O3, H2O, NO2, and HNO3. The instrumentation and inversion techniques are briefly described, and the application of limb scanner data to the study of photochemical, dynamical, and transport problems is discussed.