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Radiation Budget Activity:
Mission Answers

 Radiation of energy from the sun.

Satellites and the Radiation Budget

Questions and Answers:

  1. Name one NASA project designed to study the Earth's radiation budget?

    ERBE (Earth Radiation Budget Experiment), CERES (Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System), and SAGE (Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment) II are three of NASA's projects designed to study the Earth's radiation budget.

  2. Where would you look for information about NASA's ERBE Mission?

    http://asd-www.larc.nasa.gov/erbe/ASDerbe.html

  3. Name three (3) satellites used in this mission.

    ERBS (Earth Radiation Budget Satellite), NOAA-9 (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration), and NOAA-10 are the three satellites used in this mission.

  4. Mission to Planet Earth recently changed its name to ______________.

    Mission to Planet Earth (MTPE) recently changed its name to Earth Science Enterprise.

  5. How can you obtain more information on topics related to these questions?

    You can obtain more information about topics related to these questions by searching the Internet and from books in the library.

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