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There exists a growing need to improve the accuracy of measurement of the absolute solar flux within the wavelength range 120–400 nm. Although full-disk solar fluxes and variations thereof in the 120–400 nm region are required to model the solar atmosphere, current increased interest in the measurements arises from their importance in modeling the terrestrial atmosphere. We describe the Solar Ultraviolet Spectral Irradiance Monitor (SUSIM) experiment under development at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) for flight aboard the Space Shuttle and the Upper Atmospheric Research Satellite (UARS). SUSIM will monitor the solar flux in the 120–400 nm region with high precision, using an in-flight calibration system to reduce absolute error to < 10%, and error relative to the 400 nm continuum to < 1%.
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Proceedings of the 14th ESLAB Symposium on Physics of Solar Variations, 16–19 September 1980, Scheveningen, The Netherlands.
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VanHoosier, M.E., Bartoe, JD.F., Brueckner, G.E. et al. A high precision Solar Ultraviolet Spectral Irradiance Monitor for the wavelength region 120–400 nm. Sol Phys 74, 521–530 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00154535
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