Adaptation of the polarimetric multi-spectral Aerosol Limb Imager for high altitude aircraft and satellite observations
| Autor: | D. A. Degenstein, S. H. Zheng, C. S. Haley, M. N. Kozun, Adam Bourassa |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
business.industry
Polarimetry Athermalization Breadboard 01 natural sciences Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics 010309 optics Troposphere Optics 0103 physical sciences Radiance Environmental science Satellite Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics Electrical and Electronic Engineering business Engineering (miscellaneous) High-altitude balloon Stratosphere Physics::Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics Remote sensing |
| Zdroj: | Applied Optics. 60:4325 |
| ISSN: | 2155-3165 1559-128X |
| DOI: | 10.1364/ao.419249 |
| Popis: | An elegant breadboard prototype of the Aerosol Limb Imager (ALI) has been developed to meet key performance parameters that will meet requirements for the retrieval of aerosol from the upper troposphere and stratosphere from limb scattered sunlight radiance measurements. Similar in concept to previous high altitude balloon-based generations, this instrument pairs a liquid crystal polarization rotator with an acousto-optic tunable filter to capture polarimetric multi-spectral images of the atmospheric limb. This design improves the vertical resolution, signal-to-noise ratio, and athermalization, all of which will facilitate observation from a moving high altitude aircraft platform, which provides a platform analogous to the spatially varying measurements that would be made from a satellite. Finally, a preliminary design is presented for a satellite-based generation of ALI. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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