Viewing the ACRIM Instrument on UARS

  • Credit

    NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

Viewing the ACRIM Instrument on UARS

To understand the solar effects on the ozone layer, UARS was equiped with three instruments to measure the sun. One of them, the Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor, ACRIM, measures the total energy output from the sun.

Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor (ACRIM) Instrument on UARS

Metadata

  • Sensor

    UARS/ACRIM

  • Animation ID

    815

  • Video ID

    SVS1999-1001

  • Start Timecode

    1:08:04:23

  • End Timecode

    1:08:50:00

  • Animator

    Jesse Allen

  • Studio

    SVS

  • Visualization Date

    1999/04/09

  • Scientist

    Mark Schoeberl (NASA/GSFC)

  • Keywords

    Sensor

  • DLESE Subject

    Technology

  • Data Date

    None

  • Story URL

    stories/UARS/instruments.html

  • Animation Type

    Regular