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The Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment (SORCE)

Mission Description and Early Results

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  • © 2005

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Editors:
  1. G. Rottman

    1. University of Colorado, Boulder, USA

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  2. T. Woods

    1. University of Colorado, Boulder, USA

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  3. V. George

    1. University of Colorado, Boulder, USA

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  • One and only detailed description of the SORCE mission and its instruments

  • Description of state-of-the-art instruments and calibration techniques

  • Latest information on knowledge of solar irradiance variability

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-2
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  2. The Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment (SORCE) Mission for the NASA Earth Observing System (EOS)

    • Donald E. Anderson, Robert F. Cahalan
    Pages 3-6

  3. The SORCE Mission

    • Gary Rottman
    Pages 7-25

  4. SORCE Contributions to New Understanding of Global Change and Solar Variability

    • Judith Lean, Gary Rottman, Jerald Harder, Greg Kopp
    Pages 27-53

  5. An Overview of the Disposition of Solar Radiation in the Lower Atmosphere: Connections to the SORCE Mission and Climate Change

    • Peter Pilewskie, Gary Rottman, Erik Richard
    Pages 55-69

  6. The SORCE Spacecraft and Operations

    • Thomas P. Sparn, Gary Rottman, Thomas N. Woods, Brian D. Boyle, Richard Kohnert, Sean Ryan et al.
    Pages 71-89

  7. The Total Irradiance Monitor (TIM): Instrument Design

    • Greg Kopp, George Lawrence
    Pages 91-109

  8. The Total Irradiance Monitor (TIM): Instrument Calibration

    • Greg Kopp, Karl Heuerman, George Lawrence
    Pages 111-127

  9. The Total Irradiance Monitor (TIM): Science Results

    • Greg Kopp, George Lawrence, Gary Rottman
    Pages 129-139

  10. The Spectral Irradiance Monitor: Scientific Requirements, Instrument Design, and Operation Modes

    • Jerald Harder, George Lawrence, Juan Fontenla, Gary Rottman, Thomas Woods
    Pages 141-167

  11. The Spectral Irradiance Monitor: Measurement Equations and Calibration

    • Jerald W. Harder, Juan Fontenla, George Lawrence, Thomas Woods, Gary Rottman
    Pages 169-204

  12. The Spectral Irradiance Monitor (SIM): Early Observations

    • Gary Rottman, Jerald Harder, Juan Fontenla, Thomas Woods, Oran R. White, George M. Lawrence
    Pages 205-224

  13. Solar-Stellar Irradiance Comparison Experiment II (SOLSTICE II): Instrument Concept and Design

    • William E. McClintock, Gary J. Rottman, Thomas N. Woods
    Pages 225-258

  14. Solar-Stellar Irradiance Comparison Experiment II (SOLSTICE II): Pre-Launch and On-Orbit Calibrations

    • William E. McClintock, Martin Snow, Thomas N. Woods
    Pages 259-294

  15. Solar-Stellar Irradiance Comparison Experiment II (SOLSTICE II): Examination of the Solar-Stellar Comparison Technique

    • Martin Snow, William E. McClintock, Gary Rottman, Thomas N. Woods
    Pages 295-324

  16. The Mg II Index from SORCE

    • Martin Snow, William E. McClintock, Thomas N. Woods, Oran R. White, Jerald W. Harder, Gary Rottman
    Pages 325-344

  17. XUV Photometer System (XPS): Overview and Calibrations

    • Thomas N. Woods, Gary Rottman, Robert Vest
    Pages 345-374

  18. XUV Photometer System (XPS): Solar Variations During the SORCE Mission

    • Thomas N. Woods, Gary Rottman
    Pages 375-387

  19. The SORCE Science Data System

    • Christopher K. Pankratz, Barry G. Knapp, Randy A. Reukauf, Juan Fontenla, Michael A. Dorey, Lillian M. Connelly et al.
    Pages 389-413
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About this book

This volume on the Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment (SORCE) mission continues a Solar Physics tradition of special topical issues dedicated to major solar space missions. As one element of NASA's Earth Observing System, SORCE is a satellite carrying four instruments to measure the solar radiation incident at the top of the Earth's atmosphere. These observations are improving our understanding and generating new inquiry regarding how and why solar variability occurs and how it affects our atmosphere and climate. The SORCE mission is a joint effort between NASA and the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) at the University of Colorado. The mission is a Principal Investigator-led mission under the direction of Dr. Gary Rottman from LASP. LASP developed, calibrated, and tested the four science instruments before integrating them onto a spacecraft procured from Orbital Sciences Corporation. The SORCE instruments include the Total Irradiance Monitor (TIM), the Spec­ tral Irradiance Monitor (SIM), two Solar Stellar Irradiance Comparison Experi­ ments (SOLSTICE), and the XUV Photometer System (XPS). The TIM instrument continues the precise measurements of total solar irradiance (TSI) that first began in 1978. SORCE also provides measurements of the solar spectral irradiance (SSI) from 1 to 2000 nm with its other instruments. The Sun has both direct and indirect influences on the terrestrial system, and SORCE's comprehensive total and spec­ tral solar measurements are providing the requisite understanding of this important climate system variable.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Colorado, Boulder, USA

    G. Rottman, T. Woods, V. George

About the editors

The SORCE Principal Investigator, Dr. Gary Rottman from LASP at the University of Colorado, has been at the forefront of solar irradiance variability research for decades. Very early in Dr. Rottman’s career he recognized the need for reliable and continuous long-term measurements of the Sun’s output. Through many sounding rocket experiments and satellite instruments, Dr. Rottman has led research efforts in obtaining, analyzing, interpreting, and disseminating solar irradiance measurements.

Tom Woods – Dr. Tom Woods is the SORCE Project Scientist and is also the Associate Director at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) at the University of Colorado. Tom joined LASP in 1987 to work on the UARS SOLSTICE program under the direction of Gary Rottman.

Greg Kopp – Dr. Greg Kopp is a Research Scientist at the University of Colorado's Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics. He has a background in solar physics and aerospace instrumentation. He obtained a BS in Physics from the California Institute of Technology and a PhD in Physics from Stanford University. Greg is the instrument scientist for the TIM (Total Irradiance Monitor) instrument on board SORCE, and he is developing the next TIM for the NASA Glory Mission.

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