Precision heterodyne oxygen-corrected spectrometry: vertical profiling of water and carbon dioxide in the troposphere and lower stratosphere

Bomse, David; Tso, Jared; Flores, Monia M.; Miller, John Houston

doi:10.1364/AO.379684

Title: Precision heterodyne oxygen-corrected spectrometry: vertical profiling of water and carbon dioxide in the troposphere and lower stratosphere

Journal Article · 17 December 2019 · Applied Optics

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.379684 · OSTI ID:1582595

^[1]; Tso, Jared ^[2]; Flores, Monia M. ^[3]; Miller, John Houston ^[3]

Mesa Photonics, Santa Fe, NM (United States); Mesa Photonics LLC
Mesa Photonics, Santa Fe, NM (United States)
George Washington Univ., Washington, DC (United States)

Here, we describe the development of a near-infrared laser heterodyne radiometer: the precision heterodyne oxygen calibration spectrometer (PHOCS). The prototype instrument is equipped with two heterodyne receivers for oxygen and water (measured near 1278 nanometers) and carbon dioxide (near 1572 nanometers) concentration profiles, respectively. The latter may be substituted by a heterodyne receiver module equipped with a laser to monitor atmospheric methane near 1651 nanometers. Oxygen measurements are intended to provide dry gas corrections and—more importantly—determine accurate temperature and pressure profiles that, in turn, improve the precision of the CO₂ and H₂O column retrievals. Vertical profiling is made feasible by interrogating the very low-noise absorption lines shapes collected at 0.0067 cm^-1 resolution. PHOCS complements the results from the orbiting carbon observatory, active sensing of CO₂ emissions over nights, days, and seasons, and ground-based Fourier transform spectrometers. In this paper, we describe the development of the instrument by Mesa Photonics and present the results of initial tests in the vicinity of Washington, DC.

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Research Organization:: Mesa Photonics LLC, Santa Fe, NM (United States); Mesa Photonics, LLC, Santa Fe, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); USDOE; USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0019543

OSTI ID:: 1582595

Journal Information:: Applied Optics, Journal Name: Applied Optics Journal Issue: 7 Vol. 59; ISSN 1559-128X; ISSN APOPAI

Publisher:: Optical Society of AmericaCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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