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The Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment (SORCE) Mission for the NASA Earth Observing System (EOS)

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The NASA Earth Observing System (EOS) is an advanced study of Earth's long-term global changes of solid Earth, its atmosphere, and oceans and includes a coordinated collection of satellites, data systems, and modeling. The EOS program was conceived in the 1980s as part of NASA's Earth System Enterprise (ESE). The Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment (SORCE) is one of about 20 missions planned for the EOS program, and the SORCE measurement objectives include the total solar irradiance (TSI) and solar spectral irradiance (SSI) that are two of the 24 key measurement parameters defined for the EOS program. The SORCE satellite was launched in January 2003, and its observations are improving the understanding and generating new inquiry regarding how and why solar variability occurs and how it affects Earth's energy balance, atmosphere, and long-term climate changes.

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  1. NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, U.S.A.

    Donald E. Anderson

  2. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, U.S.A.

    Robert F. Cahalan

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Anderson, D.E., Cahalan, R.F. The Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment (SORCE) Mission for the NASA Earth Observing System (EOS). Sol Phys 230, 3–6 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11207-005-1592-6

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