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Far-infrared sensor for cirrus (FIRSC): an aircraft-based Fourier-transform spectrometer to measure cloud radiance

Vanek, Michael D., Nolt, Ira G., Tappan, Nina D., Ade, Peter A. R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5127-0401, Gannaway, Fred C., Hamilton, Peter A., Lee, Clare, Davis, Jesse E. and Predko, Steve 2001. Far-infrared sensor for cirrus (FIRSC): an aircraft-based Fourier-transform spectrometer to measure cloud radiance. Applied Optics 40 (13) , pp. 2169-2176. 10.1364/AO.40.002169

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Abstract

We describe an aircraft-based Fourier-transform spectrometer (FTS) designed to measure the Earth outgoing radiance spectrum in the far-infrared–submillimeter spectral range. The instrument features include a rapid-scan FTS to obtain high spatial resolution from a moving aircraft platform, a sensitive two-channel detector, and a CCD camera for recording the nadir cloud scene with each scan record. Such measurements demonstrate the sensitivity of Earth radiance to high clouds and provide spectral data for improving techniques for remote sensing and retrieval of atmospheric and cloud properties.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Physics and Astronomy
Subjects: Q Science > QB Astronomy
Publisher: The Optical Society of America
ISSN: 0003-6935
Last Modified: 27 Oct 2022 08:17
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/61850

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