Tiny Remote-sensing Instrument for Thermospheric Oxygen and Nitrogen: A Concept Study

Abstract

The Tiny Remote-sensing Instrument for Thermospheric Oxygen and Nitrogen (TRITON) is an experiment concept under development at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) for specification of primary components in the Earths lower thermosphere, O and N2, via inversion of Far Ultraviolet (FUV) dayglow observations. Space-based images of FUV dayglow have been used for several decades to determine quantitative information about the thermosphere, from George Carruthers moon-based FUV telescope [1] and the Dynamics Explorer 2 imager [2] to some of the most recent NASA missions like the Ionospheric Connections (ICON) Explorer [3] and the Global-Scale Observations of the Limb and Disk (GOLD) Mission. [4]

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 07, 2022
Accession Number
AD1166478

Entities

People

  • Bruce Fritz

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Satellites
  • Bandpass Filters
  • Data Reduction
  • Detectors
  • Electron Density
  • Electrons
  • Emission
  • Engineering
  • Low Earth Orbits
  • Measurement
  • Meteorological Satellites
  • Orbits
  • Remote Sensing
  • Space Sciences
  • Space Weather
  • Spacecraft
  • Spacecraft Orbits
  • Specifications
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics.
  • Astronomy/Astrophysics
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.

Technology Areas

  • Space