Flight of a UV Spectrophotometer Aboard Galileo II, the NASA Convair 990 Aircraft.

Abstract

An ultraviolet interference-filter spectrophotometer (UVS) fabricated for aircraft-borne use on the DOT Climatic Impact Assessment Program (CIAP) has been successfully tested in a series of flights on the NASA Convair 990, Galileo II. UV flux data and the calculated total ozone above the flight path are reported for several of the flights. Good agreement is obtained with the total ozone as deducted by integration of an ozone sonde vertical profile obtained at Wallops Island, Virginia near the time of a CV-990 underpass. Possible advantages of use of the UVS in the NASA Global Atmospheric Sampling Program are discussed.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA023229

Entities

People

  • Bach Sellers
  • Frederick A. Hanser
  • Jean L. Hunerwadel

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Aircrafts
  • Flight
  • Flight Paths
  • Sampling
  • Spectrophotometers
  • Virginia

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science
  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Technology.
  • Spectroscopy.

Technology Areas

  • Space