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- The Spectral Irradiance Monitor is a newly designed spectrometer that will
provide the first long-duration solar spectral irradiance measurements in the
visible and near infrared (Vis/NIR). The wavelength coverage is primarily from
300 to 2000 nm, with an additional channel to cover the 200-300 nm ultraviolet
spectral region to overlap with the SOLSTICE, another instrument on-board the
SORCE satellite. Understanding the wavelength-dependent variability throughout
SIM's wavelength range is of primary importance for long-term climate change
studies on Earth. SIM is a single optical element Fýry prism spectrometer; only
one optical element is needed to focus and disperse the light onto a series of
detectors in the spectrometer's focal plane. In this focal plane, four
photodiode detectors and an electrical substitution radiometer (ESR) are used
to detect solar radiation. SIM contains two completely independent and
identical (mirror-image) spectrometers to provide redundancy and
self-calibration capability.
Group: Instrument_Details
Entry_ID: SIM
Group: Instrument_Identification
Instrument_Category: Solar/Space Observing Instruments
Instrument_Class: Ultraviolet Instruments
Short_Name: SIM
Long_Name: Spectral Irradiance Monitor
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Group: Associated_Platforms
Short_Name: SORCE
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Group: Spectral_Frequency_Information
Wavelength_Keyword: Visible
Number_Channels: 1
Spectral_Frequency_Coverage_Range: 300 - 2000 nm
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Group: Spectral_Frequency_Information
Wavelength_Keyword: Near Infrared
Number_Channels: 1
Spectral_Frequency_Coverage_Range: 200 - 2000 nm
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Group: Spectral_Frequency_Information
Wavelength_Keyword: Ultraviolet
Number_Channels: 1
Spectral_Frequency_Coverage_Range: 200 - 300 nm
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Online_Resource: http://lasp.colorado.edu/sorce/sim.html
Creation_Date: 2007-01-05
Group: Instrument_Logistics
Data_Rate: 1001 bps
Instrument_Start_Date: 2003-01-25
Instrument_Owner: LASP-CU
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