Definition of radiometer

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radiometer

The term 'radiometer' as it applies to the area of Earth observation can be defined as ' An instrument that quantitatively measures electromagnetic radiation. Weather satellites carry radiometers to measure radiation from snow, ice, clouds, bodies of water, the Earth's surface, and the sun'.

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