Inversion of Spire NO Data

Abstract

An algorithm was developed to invert spectrally resolved Earth limb radiance profiles. It is applicable in the nonequilibrium altitude regime for species/tangent heights that correspond to the optically thin condition. It was used to infer vertical distributions of temperature and excited NO density from data measured by SPIRE (the Spectral Infrared Rocket Experiment) in the NO fundamental band near 5.3 microns. The solution for excited NO density was used to compute atmospheric radiative cooling rates for the 5.3 microns band and the de-excitation rate constant k0 for the reaction NO + 0 yields NO + 0. The results are in good agreement with previously published values. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 20, 1981
Accession Number
ADA108866

Entities

People

  • A. S. Zachor
  • A. T. Stair Jr.
  • R. M. Nadile
  • Rajesh Sharma

Organizations

  • Boston College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Air Force
  • Altitude
  • Chemistry
  • Convolution
  • Detectors
  • Equations
  • Frequency
  • Geometry
  • Geophysics
  • Ground State
  • High Altitude
  • Integrals
  • Intensity
  • Observation
  • Radiation
  • Weighting Functions

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics
  • Spectroscopy.

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - Machine Learning Algorithms