Polar Mesospheric Cloud Experiment.

Abstract

This project consists of the design and fabrication of a satellite-borne ultraviolet atmospheric experiment. The components of the instrument will both image and make quantitative polarization measurements of the scattered light from polar mesospheric clouds (PMC) occuring in the high-latitude summertime mesosphere at heights of 85 km. Its scientific objectives are: 1) to determine the morphology, scattering and attenuation properties, occurrence frequency statistics, and statistical distribution of spatial scales of PMC and other aerosol layers in the upper mesosphere; 2) to derive information on the atmospheric wave activity in the summertime mesosphere over all horizontal spatial scales greater than about 2 kilometers; and 3) to determine the mean particle size of PMC particles, to characterize its dependence on latitude, longitude, wave activity and PMC brightness.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 21, 1987
Accession Number
ADA188936

Entities

People

  • Gary E. Thomas

Organizations

  • University of Colorado Boulder

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Brightness
  • Clouds
  • Data Analysis
  • Detectors
  • Environment
  • High Latitudes
  • High Resolution
  • Latitude
  • Measurement
  • Mesosphere
  • Optical Properties
  • Particle Size
  • Particles
  • Physical Properties
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Polarization
  • Scattering

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Aerosol Science/Aerosol Physics
  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Integrated Circuit Design and Technology.

Technology Areas

  • Space