Progress report on the ATMOS sensor - Design description and development status
Abstract
The Atmospheric Trace Molecule Spectroscopy program is a multiflight shuttle borne investigation designed to determine, on a global scale, the compositional structure and spatial variability of the upper atmosphere using the technique of high resolution infrared absorption spectroscopy. The measurement approach is based on an advanced Fourier Transform Spectrometer capable of obtaining high sensitivity spectral measurements of the atmosphere over a wide spectral region (625-5000 kaysers; 2-16 microns) at high spectral resolution (0.01 kaysers) and vertical height spatial resolution (2 km). Additional elements of the sensor system include a suntracker, a telescope, a mechanically cooled (Hg,Cd)Te detector, and a data handling subsystem with a 16 Mbit/s PCM output. A description is given of the sensor design, including performance predictions, followed by a brief summary of the current technical status of the development effort.
- Publication:
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Sensor Systems for the 80's Conference
- Pub Date:
- 1980
- Bibcode:
- 1980sesy.conf...13M
- Keywords:
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- Atmospheric Sounding;
- Infrared Absorption;
- Molecular Spectroscopy;
- Remote Sensors;
- Trace Elements;
- Atmospheric Composition;
- Data Management;
- Fourier Transformation;
- High Resolution;
- Space Shuttle Payloads;
- Synoptic Measurement;
- Upper Atmosphere;
- Spacecraft Instrumentation