radiometer
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The mission is preparing to release the first observations from its sea and land surface temperature radiometer, an instrument designed to measure the temperature of Earth's land and ocean surfaces.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026
And a radiometer will sense how much of the energy falling on to Earth from the Sun is being reflected or radiated back into space.
From BBC ● May 28, 2024
The instrument, a mini microwave radiometer, can measure heat and light emanating from oxygen and water vapor in the air.
From The Verge ● Jun. 10, 2022
With the radiometer, the Juno team can create heat maps of Jupiter’s atmospheric layers and look for circular features at different altitudes in the atmosphere, which indicate the presence of a vortex.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 28, 2021
The latest use to which the radiometer has been put was to test the viscosity of gases at decreasing pressures.
From The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 by Various
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