Infrared balloon experiment: improved instrumental configuration and assessment of instrument performance

被引：5

作者：

Bianchini, G ^{[1
]}

Boscaleri, A ^{[1
]}

Carli, B ^{[1
]}

Mencaraglia, F ^{[1
]}

Palchetti, L ^{[1
]}

Pascale, E ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] CNR, Ist Fis Appl Nello Carrara, Florence, Italy

来源：

APPLIED OPTICS | 2006年 / 45卷 / 05期

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D O I：

10.1364/AO.45.001041

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

During the 2002 environmental satellite Envisat mid-latitude validation campaign, a new upgraded configuration of the Infrared Balloon Experiment (IBEX) Fourier transform spectrometer, which had its first flight in 1978, performed a stratospheric balloon flight across the Mediterranean Sea. Among the substantial upgrades made to the instrument, the use of photon-noise-limited detectors permitted us to reach the theoretical limits in terms of signal-to-noise ratio. Also, important modifications were made to the interferometric system and electronics, such as the installation of a solid-state laser reference source and an onboard data recording system. During the flight, measurement of volume-mixing-ratio vertical profiles of O-3, HNO3, N2O, and ClO from an altitude of approximate to 38 km were performed with a vertical resolution of approximate to 1.5 km. (c) 2006 Optical Society of America.

引用

页码：1041 / 1051

页数：11

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