The Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet (SBUV) spectrometer was a cross-nadir shortwave (UV/VIS) sensor. SBUV collected vertical profiles of ozone and other chemical species in the atmosphere, while also measuring solar irradiance. The sensor could function using 12 discrete 1-nm bandwidth channels selectable in the interval 250 to 340 nm, or in continuous sweep from 160 to 340 nm. SBUV operated aboard the Nimbus-7 satellite from 1979 to 1994.
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