MOISTURE CONTAMINATION AT ALTITUDE BY BALLOON AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT,

Abstract

Spectra of the 6.3 micron water band were recorded by a balloon-borne spectrometer at 23.5 km altitude and over a wide range of sun elevations. Reduced in terms of transmittance they show an unexpected increase in humidity with increasing solar elevation angle. This feature is interpreted as a contamination by moisture carried at altitude by the package, the balloon, and associated train. An analysis based on this interpretation gives 0.0000105 as the corrected stratospheric mixing ratio above 23.5 km. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0624711

Entities

People

  • R. Zander

Organizations

  • Johns Hopkins University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Altitude
  • Communication Equipment
  • Contamination
  • Elevation
  • Humidity
  • Moisture
  • Spectra
  • Spectrometers
  • Telemetry Equipment
  • Transmittance

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Remote Sensing.
  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Mathematics or Statistics

Technology Areas

  • Space