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Photo: satellite in orbit

The Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget (GERB) instrument makes accurate measurements of the Earth's radiation budget from a geostationary orbit. NERC funded the instrument, launched aboard the European Space Agency's satellite Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) on 28 August 2002. More about the GERB programme

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Satellite measurements chart climate change patterns

7 Mar 2006
GERB-2, an instrument on weather satellite Meteosat, has captured the effects of heat and other types of radiation affecting Earth and its climate. Satellite measurements chart climate change patterns