NASA Photo ID: S89-44181           File Name: 10063724.jpg
  Film Type: 4x5                     Date Taken: 09/11/89
  Title: Artist concept of Solar Backscatter UV (SBUV) measurement technique on TIROS
  Description:
  Artist concept titled OZONE MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUE shows how the Solar 
  Backscatter Ultraviolet (UV) 2 (SBUV-2) on the National Oceanic and 
  Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA's) TIROS satellites (NOAA-9 and NOAA-11) 
  works.  Ozone is derived from the "SBUV" instrument from the ratio of the 
  observed backscattered radiance to the solar irradiance in the ultraviolet.  
  This is called the ultraviolet albedo. During STS-34 Shuttle Solar 
  Backscatter Ultraviolet (SSBUV) instruments in Atlantis', Orbiter Vehicle 
  (OV) 104's, payload bay (PLB) will calibrate the instruments onboard the 
  TIROS satellites.  SSBUV is managed by Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC).             
  
  Subject terms:
  ALBEDO                                  
  MEASURING INSTRUMENTS                   
  OZONE                                   
  SOLAR BACKSCATTER UV SPECTROMETER       
  STS-34                                  
  TIROS SATELLITES                        
  

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