Physics – Optics
Scientific paper
Jun 1979
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1979apopt..18.1950p&link_type=abstract
Applied Optics, vol. 18, June 15, 1979, p. 1950-1954.
Physics
Optics
2
Atmospheric Attenuation, Atmospheric Pressure, Carbon Dioxide, Infrared Spectra, Stellar Occultation, Absorption Spectra, Accuracy, Atmospheric Density, Atmospheric Temperature, Concentration (Composition), Instrument Errors, Line Spectra, Pressure Distribution
Scientific paper
A technique for obtaining pressure at the tangent point in an IR solar occulation experiment is described. By measuring IR absorption in bands of atmospheric CO2 (e.g., 2.0, 2.7, or 4.3 microns), mean pressure values for each tangent point layer (vertical thickness 2 km or less) of the atmosphere can be obtained with rms errors of less than 3%. The simultaneous retrieval of pressure and gas concentration in a remote-sensing experiment will increase the accuracy of inverted gas concentrations and minimize the dependence of the experiment on pressure or mass path error resulting from use of climatological pressure data, satellite ephemeris, and instrument pointing accuracy.
Drayson Roland S.
Park Jae-Heung
Russell James M. III
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