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
Britain also supplied the radiometer, from Thales Alenia Space UK, and the imager, from Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd.
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 moving part of the radiometer is a small horizontal wheel, to the ends of whose arms are fastened vertical vanes, usually of mica, and blackened on one side.
From Scientific Culture, and Other Essays Second Edition; with Additions by Josiah Parsons Cooke
