Satellite-borne high-resolution FTIR for lower atmosphere sounding and its evaluation

Author

Kobayashi, Hirokazu ; Shimota, Akiro ; Yoshigahara, Chisato ; Yoshida, Ikuya ; Uehara, Yasushi ; Kondo, Kayoko

Author_Institution

Komae Res. Lab., Central Res. Inst. of Electr. Power Ind., Tokyo, Japan

Volume

37

Issue

3

fYear

1999

fDate

5/1/1999 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1496

Lastpage

1507

Abstract

The interferometric monitor for greenhouse gases (IMG) was the precursor of the high-resolution FTIR aboard on the satellite for Earth observation. The IMG sensor was aboard the advance Earth observing satellite (ADEOS) launched on August 17, 1996. The IMG operated for only eight months; however, the high-resolution thermal infrared spectra obtained provided abundant information on global atmospheric phenomena and the first global maps of greenhouse gases retrieved from the spectra. This paper describes the operation experience in orbit and the evaluation results for the hardware and the products obtained from the IMG observations

Keywords

air pollution measurement; atmospheric measuring apparatus; atmospheric techniques; remote sensing; ADEOS; Fourier transform infrared radiometer; IMG; air pollution; atmosphere; chemical composition; equipment; high-resolution FTIR; instrument; interferometric monitor for greenhouse gases; measurement technique; meteorology; satellite remote sensing; thermal infrared spectra; Acoustic sensors; Atmosphere; Earth; Global warming; Hardware; Information retrieval; Infrared spectra; Monitoring; Satellites; Sensor phenomena and characterization;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0196-2892

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/36.763262

Filename

763262