Flat Plate Radiometer (FPR)
The Flat Plate Radiometer (FPR) subsystems were designed to measure the earth’s heat balance from the vantage point of the ITOS earth-oriented platform. The FPR was designed and built by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Space Science and Engineering Center for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/National Environmental Satellite Service under Contract D-75-66(N). The entire FPR was contained in a single enclosure mounted exterior to and on the spacecraft earth-oreinted surface. The major components were the housing, constructed of sandwich honeycomb, four sensors, a cooling mirror for one pair of sensors, and the electronics.
From Flat Plate Radiometer Subsystem for ITOS Space Craft
Investigators
- Dr. Verner E. Suomi Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC)
- Dr. Robert S. Parent College of Engineering
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Publications
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Nelson, David F. The prototype data logging system for the ESSA III flat-plate radiometers. Studies in atmospheric energetics based on aerospace probings, Annual report-1966 (WBG-27). University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Meteorology, Madison, WI, 1967, pp.111-118. UW MET Publication No.67.03.S1.
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Nelson, David F. and Parent, Robert. The prototype flat-plate radiometers for the ESSA III satellite. Studies in atmospheric energetics based on aerospace probings, Annual report-1966 (WBG-27). University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Meteorology, Madison, WI, 1967, pp.119-129. UW MET Publication No.67.03.S1.
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Parent, Robert J. and Nelson, David F. Design of a flat plate radiometer for TIROS-M spacecraft. In Studies in atmospheric energetics based on aerospace probings, Annual report-1967 (WBG-27). Madison, WI, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Meteorology, 1968, pp179-190. UW MET Publication No.68.05.S1.
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Parent, Robert J., Wollersheim, Robert P., and Dombroski, R. M. Flat plate radiometer subsystem for ITOS space craft (NOAA/NESS contract E-73-68-(N)). Madison, WI, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Space Science and Engineering Center, 1972. vi, 43p. UW SSEC Publication No.72.05.P1.
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