BackForwardInstrument:  ACRIM-I 

Instrument details
Acronym ACRIM-I
Full name Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitoring - I
Purpose Total solar irradiance monitoring
Short description Assemblage of 3 active cavity radiometers, spectral range 0.15-5.0 µm
Background Flown on the Solar Maximum Mission (SSM) in association with a package of instruments for Space Weather (solar activity monitoring)
Scanning Technique Sun pointing during orbital movement, data sampled each 2 min
Resolution N/A
Coverage / Cycle One measurement after integration on all data taken during the diurnal orbit arc; thus 100 min
Mass 13 kg Power 10 W Data Rate 600 bps

 

Providing Agency NASA
Instrument Maturity Flown on an R&D satellite
Utilization Period: 1980 to 1989
Last update: 2012-06-12
Detailed characteristics
Satellites this instrument is flying on

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Instrument classification
  • Earth observation instrument
  • Passive optical radiometer or spectrometer
  • Solar irradiance monitor
WIGOS Subcomponents
  • Subcomponent 1
  • Absolutely calibrated broadband radiometers, and TSI and SSI radiometers
  • TSI and SSI radiometers (for solar irradiance)
Mission objectives
Primary mission objectives
  • Downward short-wave irradiance at TOA
Evaluation of Measurements

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Note: * Primary mission objective.
VariableRelevance for measuring this variableOperational limitationsExplanation
Downward short-wave irradiance at TOA*3 - highNo specific limitation.TSI over the range from UV to MWIR