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Nimbus 7

ResourceID
spase://SMWG/Observatory/Nimbus7

Description

NASA's Nimbus 7 spacecraft was launched
on 1978-10-24 into a ~950 km polar orbit and operated until 1993.
It carried eight experiments:

  • (1) limb infrared monitoring of the stratosphere (LIMS),
  • (2) stratospheric and mesopheric sounder (SAMS),
  • (3) coastal-zone color scanner (CZCS),
  • (4) stratospheric aerosol measurement II (SAM II),
  • (5) earth radiation budget (ERB),
  • (6) scanning multichannel microwave radiometer (SMMR),
  • (7) solar backscatter UV and total ozone mapping spectrometer (SBUV/TOMS), and
  • (8) temperature-humidity infrared radiometer (THIR).

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Version:2.7.1

Observatory

ResourceID
spase://SMWG/Observatory/Nimbus7
ResourceHeader
ResourceName
Nimbus 7
ReleaseDate
2026-07-20 16:22:50Z
RevisionHistory
RevisionEvent
ReleaseDate
2019-05-05 12:34:56Z
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Only known prior ReleaseDate of the metadata
RevisionEvent
ReleaseDate
2026-07-20 16:22:50Z
Note
Added HelioData InformationURL, Updated to SPASE Version 2.7.1. JWL
Description

NASA's Nimbus 7 spacecraft was launched
on 1978-10-24 into a ~950 km polar orbit and operated until 1993.
It carried eight experiments:

  • (1) limb infrared monitoring of the stratosphere (LIMS),
  • (2) stratospheric and mesopheric sounder (SAMS),
  • (3) coastal-zone color scanner (CZCS),
  • (4) stratospheric aerosol measurement II (SAM II),
  • (5) earth radiation budget (ERB),
  • (6) scanning multichannel microwave radiometer (SMMR),
  • (7) solar backscatter UV and total ozone mapping spectrometer (SBUV/TOMS), and
  • (8) temperature-humidity infrared radiometer (THIR).
Contacts
RolePersonStartDateStopDateNote
1.GeneralContactspase://SMWG/Person/Carolyn.Y.Ng
InformationURL
InformationURL
Name
HelioData
URL
Description

The HelioData mission page provides an overview of the mission and more, such as all SPASE dataset records associated with it.

Location
ObservatoryRegion
Earth.NearSurface