Atmospheric Temperature Profiles from Earth Limb Infrared Measurements.

Abstract

This report describes the work accomplished on the retrieval of stratospheric temperature and density profiles from remote earth limb-view infrared radiation measurements. Temperature or density can be retrieved in a routine manner. A model based on two rotational lines of C02 was developed to retrieve simultaneously both temperature and density. This model is running on a CRAY-1 Computer but needs additional verification. An investigation of alternative methods to calculate infrared transmittance has showed that an interpolation scheme does not work for limb-view geometrics with a subsequent potential savings in computer time of one thousand or better. Though the concept has been proved, the ultimate accuracy of this method has still to be evaluated.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 15, 1982
Accession Number
ADA127536

Entities

People

  • R. D. Harris

Organizations

  • Utah State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Atmospheric Temperature
  • Convergence
  • Detectors
  • Equations
  • Frequency
  • Infrared Radiation
  • Intensity
  • Iterations
  • Line Of Sight
  • Measurement
  • Radiation
  • Radiative Transfer
  • Scientific Research
  • Space Sciences

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Parallel and Distributed Computing.
  • Spectroscopy.

Technology Areas

  • Space