Solar constant data exploitation

Persons :

• Dr.  DEWITTE Steven - Royal Meteorological Institute (RMI)
  Coordinator of the project
  Financed belgian partner
  Duration: 1/1/2005-31/12/2007
  

Description :

The project covers the processing of the total solar irradiance data from RMIB radiometers. These radiometers are the currently active DIARAD/VIRGO instrument on the SOHO satellite, the DIARAD/SOVIM instrument which is delivered for flight on the International Space Station, and the future instruments on the French microsatellite PICARD.

Satellite(s) or flight opportunity(ies):

- VIRGO/SOHO
- SOVIM
- PICARD

Field of research:

Space Sciences: Solar Physics / Earth Observation: Meteorology and Climatology