Feasibility of determining the vertical profile of carbon monoxide from a space platform
| Autor: | H. Andrew Wallio, Henry G. Reichle, Barbara B. Gormsen |
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| Rok vydání: | 1989 |
| Předmět: |
Atmospheric sounding
chemistry.chemical_classification Radiometer business.industry Materials Science (miscellaneous) Monoxide Noise (electronics) Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Troposphere Optics chemistry Measuring instrument Radiative transfer Compounds of carbon Business and International Management business Remote sensing |
| Zdroj: | Applied Optics. 28:2104 |
| ISSN: | 1539-4522 0003-6935 |
| DOI: | 10.1364/ao.28.002104 |
| Popis: | The results of a feasibility study conducted to determine the possibility of passively measuring the vertical profile of carbon monoxide in the troposphere on a global basis are presented. The instrument considered is a nadir-viewing gas correlation filter radiometer (GCFR). The basic instrument concept and radiative transfer equations are presented. The calculated signal functions, signal levels, sensitivity, and system noise levels of a spaceborne GCFR instrument are presented and discussed. It is concluded that a three- or four-level measurement of the atmospheric carbon monoxide mixing ratio in the troposphere is possible with this type of instrument. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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