Results of the solar constant experiment onboard Spacelab 1

✍ Scribed by D. A. Crommelynck; R. W. Brusa; V. Domingo

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1986
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 560 KB
• Volume: 107
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0038-0938
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00155336

✦ Synopsis

A cavity type absolute radiometer was flown on Spacelab 1 in December 1983. We obtain a value of the solar constant of 1361.5 W m -2 with an estimated accuracy of _+2.3 W m -2 or 0.17~. When comparing this with other recent determinations, we find discrepancies which we consider indicative of metrological problems in present day absolute radiometry.