BackForwardInstrument:  TSIS 

Instrument details
Acronym TSIS
Full name Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Sensor
Purpose Total solar irradiance monitoring, and also spectral solar irradiance in UV/VIS/NIR/SWIR
Short description Assemblage of 4 active cavity radiometers for total irradiance (TIM, range 0.2-10 µm), plus a prism spectrometer for spectral irradiance (SIM, range 0.2-2.4 µm, spectral resolution from 2 to 45 nm)
Background Heritage of TIM and SIM flown on SORCE
Scanning Technique Sun pointing during orbital movement, data sampled every 2 min
Resolution N/A
Coverage / Cycle One measurement after integration on all data taken during the diurnal orbit arc; thus 100 min
Mass 30 kg Power 40 W Data Rate 5.4 kbps

 

Providing Agency NOAA
Instrument Maturity Backed by strong heritage
Utilization Period: 2018 to 2027
Last update: 2021-06-23
Detailed characteristics
Satellites this instrument is flying on

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Instrument classification
  • Earth observation instrument
  • Passive optical radiometer or spectrometer
  • Solar irradiance monitor
WIGOS Subcomponents
  • Subcomponent 1
  • Absolutely calibrated broadband radiometers, and TSI and SSI radiometers
  • TSI and SSI radiometers (for solar irradiance)
Mission objectives
Primary mission objectives
  • Downward short-wave irradiance at TOA
Evaluation of Measurements

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Note: * Primary mission objective.
VariableRelevance for measuring this variableOperational limitationsExplanation
Downward short-wave irradiance at TOA*1 - primaryNo specific limitation.Coupled TSI (UV to TIR) and spectral irradiance (VIS to SWIR)