Microwave limb sounder for stratospheric measurements
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:5829112
The balloon-borne Microwave Limb Sounder (BMLS) measures atmospheric thermal emission from millimeter wavelength spectral lines to determine vertical profiles of stratospheric species. The instrument flown to data operates at 205 BHz to measure ClO, O/sub 3/, and H/sub 2/O/sub 2/. A 63 GHz radiometer is added to test the technique for determining tangent point pressure from the MLS experiment on the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS). Many additional species is also measured by the BLMS. A radiometer at 270 GHz would provide measurements of HO/sub 2/, NO/sub 2/, HNO/sub 3/, N/sub 2/O, /sup 16/O/sup 18/O/sup 16/O, and HCN. With this addition the BMLS can test the current theory of O3 heavy ozone photochemical balance in the upper stratosphere.
- Research Organization:
- Jet Propulsion Lab., Pasadena, CA (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 5829112
- Report Number(s):
- N-86-16784
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
400101* -- Activation
Nuclear Reaction
Radiometric & Radiochemical Procedures
500200 -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AIR POLLUTION
CHALCOGENIDES
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
CHLORINE OXIDES
CONFIGURATION
CYANIDES
EARTH ATMOSPHERE
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROCYANIC ACID
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROGEN PEROXIDE
INORGANIC ACIDS
ISOTOPE RATIO
ISOTOPES
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
MONITORING
NITRIC ACID
NITRIC OXIDE
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NITROGEN OXIDES
NITROUS OXIDE
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN ISOTOPES
OZONE
PEROXIDES
PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS
POLLUTION
RADIATION DETECTORS
RADIOMETERS
REMOTE SENSING
STRATOSPHERE
400101* -- Activation
Nuclear Reaction
Radiometric & Radiochemical Procedures
500200 -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AIR POLLUTION
CHALCOGENIDES
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
CHLORINE OXIDES
CONFIGURATION
CYANIDES
EARTH ATMOSPHERE
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROCYANIC ACID
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROGEN PEROXIDE
INORGANIC ACIDS
ISOTOPE RATIO
ISOTOPES
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
MONITORING
NITRIC ACID
NITRIC OXIDE
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NITROGEN OXIDES
NITROUS OXIDE
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN ISOTOPES
OZONE
PEROXIDES
PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS
POLLUTION
RADIATION DETECTORS
RADIOMETERS
REMOTE SENSING
STRATOSPHERE