Feasibility of stratosphere temperature sounding with the Multi-Order Etalon Sounder (MOES) in the infrared
- Air Force Phillips Lab., Hanscom AFB, MA (United States)
- Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States). Space Physics Research Lab.
- Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc., Cambridge, MA (United States)
Instruments with very high spectral resolution are needed to sound stratospheric temperatures from satellite. Maximizing the contributions of the stratosphere to the upwelling radiance measured by a particular channel can be achieved by using high spectral resolution channels positioned at strong carbon dioxide (CO{sub 2}) line centers. In this paper, the techniques of stratospheric temperature sounding from satellite are briefly reviewed. The feasibility of high resolution stratospheric temperature sounding with the Multi-Order Etalon Sounder (MOES), a high resolution Fabry-Perot array spectrometer, is discussed. The simulation studies indicate that stratospheric temperatures can be derived with a root-mean-square (RMS) error of about 2--3 K with MOES. A scenario to add MOES to the next generation High Resolution Infrared Sounder (HIRS/3) currently under development with minimal cost is suggested. With its compact size and ruggedness, MOES is an ideal candidate as the stratospheric temperature sounding unit for small environmental satellite platforms.
- OSTI ID:
- 227940
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-940723-; ISBN 0-8194-1590-1; TRN: IM9622%%217
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Annual meeting of the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers, San Diego, CA (United States), 24-29 Jul 1994; Other Information: PBD: 1994; Related Information: Is Part Of Optical spectroscopic techniques and instrumentation for atmospheric and space research; Wang, J.; Hays, P.B. [eds.]; PB: 662 p.; Proceedings/SPIE, Volume 2266
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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