The Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment (SORCE): Mission Description and Early Results / Edition 1

by G.J. Rottman, Tom Woods, Vanessa George

Overview

This book describes the state-of-the art instruments for measuring the solar irradiance from soft x-ray to the near infrared and the total solar irradiance. Furthermore, the SORCE mission and early results on solar variability are presented along with papers that provide an overview of solar influences on Earth. This collection of papers provides the only detailed description of the SORCE mission and its instruments.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780387302423
Publisher:	Springer New York
Publication date:	03/21/2006
Edition description:	2005
Pages:	413
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.13(h) x 0.04(d)

About the Author

The SORCE Principal Investigator, Dr. Gary Rottman from LASP at the University of Colorado, has been at the forefront of solar irradiance variability research for decades. Very early in Dr. Rottman’s career he recognized the need for reliable and continuous long-term measurements of the Sun’s output. Through many sounding rocket experiments and satellite instruments, Dr. Rottman has led research efforts in obtaining, analyzing, interpreting, and disseminating solar irradiance measurements.

Tom Woods – Dr. Tom Woods is the SORCE Project Scientist and is also the Associate Director at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) at the University of Colorado. Tom joined LASP in 1987 to work on the UARS SOLSTICE program under the direction of Gary Rottman.

Greg Kopp – Dr. Greg Kopp is a Research Scientist at the University of Colorado's Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics. He has a background in solar physics and aerospace instrumentation. He obtained a BS in Physics from the California Institute of Technology and a PhD in Physics from Stanford University. Greg is the instrument scientist for the TIM (Total Irradiance Monitor) instrument on board SORCE, and he is developing the next TIM for the NASA Glory Mission.

Table of Contents

The Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment (SORCE) Mission for the NASA Earth Observing System (EOS).- The SORCE Mission.- SORCE Contributions to New Understanding of Global Change and Solar Variability.- An Overview of the Disposition of Solar Radiation in the Lower Atmosphere: Connections to the SORCE Mission and Climate Change.- The SORCE Spacecraft and Operations.- The Total Irradiance Monitor (TIM): Instrument Design.- The Total Irradiance Monitor (TIM): Instrument Calibration.- The Total Irradiance Monitor (TIM): Science Results.- The Spectral Irradiance Monitor: Scientific Requirements, Instrument Design, and Operation Modes.- The Spectral Irradiance Monitor: Measurement Equations and Calibration.- The Spectral Irradiance Monitor (SIM): Early Observations.- Solar-Stellar Irradiance Comparison Experiment II (SOLSTICE II): Instrument Concept and Design.- Solar-Stellar Irradiance Comparison Experiment II (SOLSTICE II): Pre-Launch and On-Orbit Calibrations.- Solar-Stellar Irradiance Comparison Experiment II (SOLSTICE II): Examination of the Solar-Stellar Comparison Technique.- The Mg II Index from SORCE.- XUV Photometer System (XPS): Overview and Calibrations.- XUV Photometer System (XPS): Solar Variations During the SORCE Mission.- The SORCE Science Data System.