Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget

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The Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget (GERB) is an instrument aboard EUMETSAT's Meteosat Second generation geostationary satellites designed to make accurate measurements of the Earth Radiation Budget.

It was produced by a European consortium consisting of the United Kingdom, Belgium and Italy. The first, known as GERB 2, was launched on 28 August 2002 on an Ariane 5 rocket. The second, GERB 1, was launched on 21 December 2005.

[edit] External links

• GERB
• GERB at RMIB

[edit] References

• Harries et al, The Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget Project, Bulletin of American Met. Soc. V86 p948, July 2005.