Deep Space Observations of Terrestrial Glitter

Abstract Deep space climate observatory (DSCOVR) spacecraft drifts about the Lagrangian point ≈1.4–1.6 × 106 km from Earth, where its Earth polychromatic imaging camera (EPIC) observes the sun‐lit face of the Earth every 1 to 2 hours. At any instance, there is a preferred (specular) spot on the glob...

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Main Authors: Alexander Kostinski, Alexander Marshak, Tamás Várnai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2021-02-01
Series:Earth and Space Science
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1029/2020EA001521