Physics
Scientific paper
Apr 1994
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1994georl..21..613z&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters (ISSN 0094-8276), vol. 21, no. 7, p. 613-616
Physics
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Background Radiation, Earth Limb, Infrared Spectra, Near Fields, Spacecraft Contamination, Nitrogen Oxides, Space Shuttle Missions, Water Vapor
Scientific paper
The first shuttle-based infrared spectral measurements in the region beyond 800 nm were made during the STS-39 mission. A cryogenic Michelson interferometer in the Cryogenic Infrared Radiance Instrumentation for Shuttle (CIRRIS-1A) payload yielded high quality atmospheric IR spectra in the earthlimb observing mode. In addition, observations in the very high earthlimb and in the bay-to-space mode provided important opportunities to assess optical contamination. These observations have revealed spectrally-extended H2O and NO emissions as dominant in the region 450-2500/cm under quiescent conditions. The viewing conditions, spectral and 'spatial' (limb scan) distributions, and temporal behavior of the H2O emissions have resulted in their classification as shuttle-induced 'cloud glow' optical contamination.
Bingham Gail E.
Dean D. A.
Pendleton R. Jr. W.
Steed Allan J.
Zhou Daniel K.
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