The pressure modulator infrared radiometer (PMIRR), partly designed by Taylor's team in Oxford, will look at how the atmosphere behaves. (newscientist.com)
ECOSTRESS Principal Investigator Simon Hook of JPL began developing the thermal infrared radiometer for ECOSTRESS several years ago. (cemag.us)
Its microwave and infrared radiometers revealed that while Venus» cloud tops were cool, the surface was extremely hot — at least 425 °C, finally ending any hopes that the planet might harbor ground - based life. (newworldencyclopedia.org)