Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget
- Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget
The Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget (GERB) is an instrument aboard EUMETSAT's Meteosat Second Generation geostationary satellites designed to make accurate measurements of the Earth Radiation Budget.
It was produced by a European consortium consisting of the United Kingdom, Belgium and Italy. The first, known as GERB 2, was launched on 28 August 2002 on an Ariane 5 rocket. The second, GERB 1, was launched on 21 December 2005.
External links
* [http://www.ssd.rl.ac.uk/gerb/ GERB]
* [http://gerb.oma.be/ GERB at RMIB]
References
*Harries et al, "The Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget Project", Bulletin of American Met. Soc. V86 p948, July 2005.
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