Submillimeter wave limb sounder instrument technology development in Europe

Author

Kraft, Ulrich R.

Author_Institution

Deutsche Aerospace AG, Munich, Germany

fYear

1993

fDate

18-21 Aug 1993

Firstpage

1651

Abstract

In order to support the realisation of a sub-mm-wave limb sounder instrument for the monitoring of ozone depletion processes in the middle atmosphere, the European Space Agency (ESA) runs a program for the development of critical instrument technologies. The current status and results from this program in the areas heterodyne receivers at 600 GHz and 1-3 THz as well as limb sounder spectrometers are presented

Keywords

air pollution detection and control; atmospheric composition; atmospheric measuring apparatus; microwave spectroscopy; ozone; remote sensing; stratosphere; submillimetre wave devices; 1 to 3 THz; 600 GHz; ESA; Europe; European Space Agency; O₃; air pollution; atmosphere; chemical composition; heterodyne receiver; limb sounder spectrometer; measurement technique; middle atmosphere; monitoring; ozone depletion; remote sensing; stratosphere; sub mm; submillimeter wave limb sounder instrument; submillimetre; Europe; Frequency; Instruments; Millimeter wave measurements; Millimeter wave technology; Monitoring; Space technology; Spectroscopy; Submillimeter wave devices; Submillimeter wave technology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1993. IGARSS '93. Better Understanding of Earth Environment., International

Conference_Location

Tokyo

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1240-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1993.322443

Filename

322443