This file generated: 15/10/2019

Nimbus-3 Medium Resolution Infrared Radiometer (MRIR)
Nimbus-3 was launched in 14 April 1969.
  6.5 to 7.0 microns - This channel covers the 6.7 micron water vapor absorption band.
  10 to 11 microns - Operating in an atmospheric "window," this channel measures surface
     or near-surface temperatures over clear portions of the atmosphere.
  14.5 to 15.5 microns - This channel, centered about the strong absorption band of C02
     at 15 microns, measures radiation which emanates primarily from the stratosphere.
  20 to 23 microns - This channel yields data from the spectral region containing the
     broad rotational absorption bands of water vapor.
  0.2 to 4.0 microns - This channel provides information on the intensity of the
     reflected solar energy from the Earth and its atmosphere.
The last channel is not part of this RTTOV coefficient file.

Nimbus heritage data set access and documentation can be found at
 http://disc.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/nimbus/

Download all SRFs: rtcoef_nimbus_3_mrir_srf.tar.gz

Channel 01 Central wavenumber/wavelength: 1531.951 cm-1 / 6.528 microns Comment: 2, channel 2 NIMBUS 3 6.5-7.0 micron channel SRF data: rtcoef_nimbus_3_mrir_srf_ch01.txt SRF plot: rtcoef_nimbus_3_mrir_srf_ch01.png

Channel 02 Central wavenumber/wavelength: 943.899 cm-1 / 10.594 microns Comment: 3, channel 3 NIMBUS 3 10-11 micron channel SRF data: rtcoef_nimbus_3_mrir_srf_ch02.txt SRF plot: rtcoef_nimbus_3_mrir_srf_ch02.png

Channel 03 Central wavenumber/wavelength: 662.635 cm-1 / 15.091 microns Comment: 4, channel 4 NIMBUS 3 14.5-15.5 micron channel SRF data: rtcoef_nimbus_3_mrir_srf_ch03.txt SRF plot: rtcoef_nimbus_3_mrir_srf_ch03.png

Channel 04 Central wavenumber/wavelength: 456.594 cm-1 / 21.901 microns Comment: 5, channel 5 NIMBUS 3 20-23 micron channel SRF data: rtcoef_nimbus_3_mrir_srf_ch04.txt SRF plot: rtcoef_nimbus_3_mrir_srf_ch04.png