HIS - A satellite instrument to observe temperature and moisture profiles with high vertical resolution
Abstract
The high resolution interferometer sounder (HIS) is a Michelson interferometer designed to sample very high spectral resolution features of the spectrum of thermal radiance to space, with both high SNR and minimal sampling time. Attention is presently given to HIS's statistical regression and physical retrieval data interpretation methods. Deployed on an earth-pointed geostationary platform HIS data will be a substantial factor in the improvement of weather analysis and forecasting.
- Publication:
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5th Conference on Atmospheric Radiation
- Pub Date:
- 1983
- Bibcode:
- 1983atra.conf....1S
- Keywords:
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- Atmospheric Moisture;
- Atmospheric Temperature;
- Michelson Interferometers;
- Satellite-Borne Instruments;
- High Resolution;
- Regression Analysis;
- Signal To Noise Ratios;
- Synchronous Satellites;
- Temperature Profiles;
- Spacecraft Instrumentation