Title :
The new balloon-borne MIPAS-B2 limb emission sounder
Author :
Friedl-Vallon, F. ; Maucher, G. ; Oelhaf, H. ; Seefeldner, M.
Author_Institution :
Inst. fur Meteorol. und Klimaforschung, Karlsruhe Univ., Germany
Abstract :
The new MIPAS-B2 (Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding-Balloon Version 2) instrument is a cryogenic infrared spectrometer mounted in a stratospheric balloon gondola and equipped with suitable subsystems to efficiently allow limb emission sounding of stratospheric trace gases. The instrument has been improved in various aspects compared to its predecessor, special emphasis has been laid on a high performance pointing system. The instrument had two sucessful flights from Esrange, Kiruna, Sweden during the third phase of the SESAME-campaign in February and March 1995
Keywords :
air pollution measurement; atmospheric composition; atmospheric measuring apparatus; balloons; infrared spectrometers; pollution measurement; stratosphere; IR spectra; MIPAS-B2 limb emission sounder; Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding-Balloon Version 2; air pollution; apparatus; atmosphere stratosphere; balloon-borne; chemical composition; cryogenic infrared spectrometer; equipment; high performance pointing system; instrument; limb emission sounding; measurement technique; remote sensing; trace gas; Aerospace electronics; Azimuth; Earth; Instruments; Mirrors; Observatories; Prototypes; Spectroscopy; Stability; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1995. IGARSS '95. 'Quantitative Remote Sensing for Science and Applications', International
Conference_Location :
Firenze
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2567-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1995.520248
