Novel NASA instrument sets sights on Earth-bound solar radiation
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 01, 2022 - A very small instrument has a big job ahead of it: measuring all Earth-directed energy coming from the Sun and helping scientists understand how that energy influences our planet's severe weather, climate change and other global forces.
About the size of a shoebox or gaming console, the Compact Total Irradiance Monitor (CTIM) is the smallest satellite ever dispatched to observe the sum of all solar energy Earth receives from the Sun - also known as "total solar... Читать дальше...