Far-ultraviolet imaging spectrograph and scanning grating spectrometers for the Remote Atmospheric and Ionospheric Detection System

Journal Article · Tue Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 1994 · Optical Engineering; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1117/12.155905· OSTI ID:5094788

McCoy, R P; Meier, R R; Wolfram, K D; Picone, J M; Thonnard, S E; Fritz, G G; Morrill, J S ^[1]; Hardin, D A ^[2]; Christensen, A B; Kayser, D C; Pranke, J B; Straus, P R ^[3]

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1. Naval Research Lab., Washington, DC (United States). E.O. Hulburt Center for Space Research
2. Computational Physics Inc., Annandale, VA (United States)
3. Aerospace Corp., Los Angeles, CA (United States). Space and Environment Technology Center

The Remote Atmospheric and Ionospheric Detection System (RAIDS) experiment is an optical remote sensing platform consisting of eight sensors, (spectrographs, spectrometers, and photometers) covering the wavelength range 550 to 8744 [angstrom]. RAIDS employs a mechanical scan platform to view the Earth's limb and measure line-of-sight column emission from tangent altitudes from 50 to 750 km. These measurements provide vertical profiles of atmospheric dayglow and nightglow from the mesosphere to the upper regions of the F-region ionosphere. RAIDS will be flown on the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) J weather satellite through the auspices of the US Air Force Space Test Program. The RAIDS wavelength and altitude coverage allows remote sensing of the major and many minor constituents in the thermosphere and ionosphere. These measurements will be used as part of a proof of concept for remote sensing of ionospheric and neutral density profiles. The RAIDS database will be used to study composition, thermal structure, and couplings between the mesosphere, thermosphere, thermal structure, and couplings between the mesosphere, thermosphere, and ionosphere. RAIDS is a joint venture of the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and the Aerospace Corporation. The authors describe the subset of RAIDS instruments developed at NRL covering the far to near UV regions (1,300 to 4,000 [angstrom]).

• OSTI ID: 5094788
• Journal Information: Optical Engineering; (United States), Journal Name: Optical Engineering; (United States) Vol. 33:2; ISSN 0091-3286; ISSN OPEGAR
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
FAR ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION
IONOSPHERE
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