Title :
Pressure profiles of the middle atmosphere retrieved from Millimeter-Wave Atmospheric Sounder (MAS) onboard the space shuttle mission ATLAS-1
Author :
Langen, J. ; Berg, A. ; Dicken, H.-D. ; Wehr, T. ; Degenhardt, W. ; Kaempfer, N. ; Bevilacqua, R.
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Remote Sensing, Bremen Univ., Germany
Abstract :
MAS oxygen spectra are used to determine temperature-pressure profiles and pressure at tangent points. All known instrumental characteristics are included into the forward model. Tangent pressure is obtained using a latitude dependent brightness temperature table, with optimum results in the upper stratosphere. For the full temperature profile inversion, the optimal estimation method as proposed by Rodgers is used
Keywords :
atmospheric pressure; atmospheric techniques; atmospheric temperature; meteorology; remote sensing; stratosphere; 60 to 300 GHz; EHF; MAS; Millimeter-Wave Atmospheric Sounder; O2; estimation method; forward model; inversion; latitude dependent brightness temperature table; measurement technique; middle atmosphere; millimetric; mm wave; pressure profile; remote sensing; space shuttle mission ATLAS-1; spectra; stratosphere; tangent point; temperature; vertical structure; Absorption; Atmospheric modeling; Brightness temperature; Frequency; Instruments; Millimeter wave technology; Physics; Radiometry; Space shuttles; Terrestrial atmosphere;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1994. IGARSS '94. Surface and Atmospheric Remote Sensing: Technologies, Data Analysis and Interpretation., International
Conference_Location :
Pasadena, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1497-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1994.399432
