Journal article
Simultaneous measurement of stratospheric O3, H2O, CH4, and N2O profiles from infrared limb thermal emissions
Journal of Geophysical Research, v 92(D7), pp 8343-8353
20 Jul 1987
Featured in Collection : UN Sustainable Development Goals @ Drexel
Abstract
Thermal emission measurements of the earth's stratospheric limb were made with a cryogenically cooled high-resolution Michelson interferometer on a balloon flight launched from Palestine, TX, on Nov. 6, 1984. Infrared spectra for complete limb sequences were obtained over portions of the 700-1940/cm range with an unapodized spectral resolution of 0.03/cm for tangent heights varying from 13 to 39 km. The observed data from 1125 to 1425/cm have been analyzed for simultaneous measurement of O3, H2O, CH4, and N2O profiles. The analysis employs line-by-line and layer-by-layer radiative-transfer calculations, including curvature and refraction effects. The optimum use of geometric and spectral effects is made to obtain sharply peaked weighting functions. Contributions from stratospheric aerosol are included by measuring the light extinction within the window regions of the observed spectra. The retrieved constituent profiles are compared with measurements made with a variety of techniques by other groups. The comparison shows good agreement with the published data for all gases, indicating the capability of retrieving trace gas profiles from high-resolution thermal emission limb measurements.
Metrics
Details
- Title
- Simultaneous measurement of stratospheric O3, H2O, CH4, and N2O profiles from infrared limb thermal emissions
- Creators
- M. M. Abbas - Drexel UniversityM. J. Glenn - Drexel UniversityV. G. Kunde - Goddard Space Flight CenterJ. Brasunas - Drexel UniversityB. J. Conrath - Goddard Space Flight CenterW. C. Maguire - Goddard Space Flight CenterJ. R. Herman - Goddard Space Flight Center
- Publication Details
- Journal of Geophysical Research, v 92(D7), pp 8343-8353
- Publisher
- American Geophysical Union
- Number of pages
- 11
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Physics
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:A1987J426700005
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-0023159532
- Other Identifier
- 991022048716604721
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
This publication has contributed to the advancement of the following goals:
InCites Highlights
Data related to this publication, from InCites Benchmarking & Analytics tool:
- Collaboration types
- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences