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Instrument: AC

Instrument details

Acronym	AC
Full name	Radiation Budget Sensor
Purpose	Earth radiation budget
Short description	Single-channel radiometer for total radiance (0.3-30 µm)
Background	Flown on all satellites of the Meteor-1 series
Scanning Technique	Mechanical, swath 2500 km
Resolution	45 km
Coverage / Cycle	Global, daily
Mass		Power	Data Rate

Providing Agency	Roscosmos
Instrument Maturity	Flown on operational programme
Utilization Period:	1969 to 1978
Last update:	2012-06-12

Detailed characteristics

Satellites this instrument is flying on

Note: a red tag indicates satellites no longer operational, a green tag indicates operational satellites, a blue tag indicates future satellites

Meteor-1 (RosHydroMet)
- Meteor-1-1 (see instrument status) Jun 1969 - Jan 1970
- Meteor-1-2 (see instrument status) Jan 1970 - Jul 1970
- Meteor-1-3 (see instrument status) Jun 1970 - Dec 1970
- Meteor-1-4 (see instrument status) Jul 1970 - Jan 1971
- Meteor-1-5 (see instrument status) Sep 1970 - Mar 1971
- Meteor-1-6 (see instrument status) Jan 1971 - Jul 1971
- Meteor-1-7 (see instrument status) Apr 1971 - Oct 1971
- Meteor-1-8 (see instrument status) Jul 1971 - Jan 1972
- Meteor-1-9 (see instrument status) Oct 1971 - Apr 1972
- Meteor-1-10 (see instrument status) Mar 1972 - Sep 1972
- Meteor-1-11 (see instrument status) Jun 1972 - Dec 1972
- Meteor-1-12 (see instrument status) Sep 1972 - Mar 1973
- Meteor-1-13 (see instrument status) Jan 1973 - Jul 1973
- Meteor-1-14 (see instrument status) Jun 1973 - Dec 1973
- Meteor-1-15 (see instrument status) Aug 1973 - Feb 1974
- Meteor-1-16 (see instrument status) Jun 1974 - Dec 1974
- Meteor-1-17 (see instrument status) Jul 1974 - Jan 1975
- Meteor-1-19 (see instrument status) Jan 1975 - Dec 1975
- Meteor-1-20 (see instrument status) Mar 1975 - Sep 1975
- Meteor-1-21 (see instrument status) Jul 1975 - Jul 1976
- Meteor-1-22 (see instrument status) Dec 1975 - Dec 1976
- Meteor-1-23 (see instrument status) Mar 1976 - Sep 1976
- Meteor-1-24 (see instrument status) Jul 1976 - Jan 1977
- Meteor-1-26 (see instrument status) Jan 1977 - Jul 1977
- Meteor-1-27 (see instrument status) Jul 1977 - Jan 1978

Instrument classification

Earth observation instrument
Passive optical radiometer or spectrometer
Broadband Earth radiation radiometer

WIGOS Subcomponents

Subcomponent 1
Absolutely calibrated broadband radiometers, and TSI and SSI radiometers
Broadband radiometer (for ERB)

Mission objectives

No mission objectives have been defined.

Evaluation of Measurements

The following list indicates which measurements can typically be retrieved from this category of instrument. To see a full Gap Analysis by Variable, click on the respective variable.

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Note: * Primary mission objective.