Horizontal Temperature Variability in the Stratosphere: Global Variations Inferred from CRISTA Data

Abstract

In two separate orbital campaigns (November, 1994 and August, 1997), the Cryogenic Infrared Spectrometers and Telescopes for the Atmosphere (CRISTA) instrument acquired global stratospheric data of high accuracy and high spatial resolution. The standard limb-scanned CRISTA measurements resolved atmospheric spatial structures with vertical dimensions greater than or equal to 1.5 - 2 km and horizontal dimensions is greater than or equal to 100 - 200 km. A fluctuation analysis of horizontal temperature distributions derived from these data is presented. This method is somewhat complementary to conventional power-spectral analysis techniques.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA526976

Entities

People

  • D. Offermann
  • F. J. Schmidlin
  • G. Eidmann
  • M. Jarisch
  • P. Preusse
  • Stephen D. Eckermann

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

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Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Accuracy
  • Altitude
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Atmospheres
  • Atmospheric Temperature
  • Data Processing
  • Gravity Waves
  • Infrared Spectrometers
  • Latitude
  • Measurement
  • Miss Distance
  • Spectrometers
  • Standards
  • Telescopes
  • Temperature Gradients
  • Trace Gases

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Aerosol Science/Aerosol Physics
  • Astronomy/Astrophysics
  • Seismology

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • Space