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Earth Radiation Budget Experiment

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Earth Radiation Budget Experiment [‚ərth ‚rād·ē¦ā·shən ¦bəj·ət ik‚sper·ə·mənt]
(meteorological)
A satellite observational program to study the earth's radiation budget. Abbreviated ERBE.


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A recent satellite study, conducted as part of the Earth Radiation Budget Experiment, indicates that clouds in general cool the Earth -- at least for the present (SN: 1/7/89, p.
The predecessor to CERES, the Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE), showed that clouds are the dominant influence on the energy balance of the Earth.
6 SCIENCE, a research team reports the first set of major results from the Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE), a project using three Earth-orbiting satellites to obtain direct measurements of radiation entering and leaving the atmosphere.
 
 
 
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