Total Irradiance Monitor

instrument
Also known as: TIM

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    …Polarimetry Sensor (APS) and the Total Irradiance Monitor (TIM). The APS would have used the polarization of light caused by the presence of aerosols such as soot and sulfates, which contribute to global warming, to measure their geographic distribution. The TIM would have used four radiometers designed to measure the…

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