radiometer

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Juno's microwave radiometer offered a better way to estimate the energy of lightning because microwave signals can pass through clouds.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2026

And a radiometer will sense how much of the energy falling on to Earth from the Sun is being reflected or radiated back into space.

From BBC • May 28, 2024

The instrument, a mini microwave radiometer, can measure heat and light emanating from oxygen and water vapor in the air.

From The Verge • Jun. 10, 2022

They discovered that the roots of the Great Red Spot extend to at least 240 kilometers below the cloud tops, as far as down the microwave radiometer could see.

From Scientific American • Oct. 28, 2021

The monitors were synchronized with the radiometer and changed view at every ten-mile marker.

From Code Three by Raphael, Rick