Physics – Geophysics
Scientific paper
Jan 1981
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1981aiaa.meetqu...s&link_type=abstract
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Aerospace Sciences Meeting, 19th, St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 12-15, 1981, 5 p.
Physics
Geophysics
Atmospheric Radiation, Cryogenics, Infrared Interferometers, Instrument Packages, Radiance, Space Shuttle Payloads, High Resolution, Infrared Detectors, Radiation Measurement, Space Surveillance (Spaceborne), Spaceborne Telescopes, Spacecraft Instruments
Scientific paper
The Cryogenic Infrared Radiance Instrumentation for Shuttle (CIRRIS), is designed for high-resolution measurement of atmospheric emissions in the long-wavelength infrared (2.5-25 microns). The CIRRIS data, which will be used to construct a definitive model of the physics of both the quiescent and the distributed atmosphere, will complement infrared background sensor (IRBS) earth-limb probe measurements planned as part of the Air Force Geophysics Laboratory (AFGL) Background Measurements Program. Two sensor packages are being developed for the CIRRIS experiments: the first sensor will use the high-resolution interferometer-spectrometer HIRIS in conjunction with a high off-axis rejection telescope; the second, a new interferometer combined with a field-shared radiometer and plane arrays mated to an improved telescope with a larger collecting area. Operating at different altitudes, the CIRRIS packages will carry out a two-fold mission of surveillance and intercept.
Smith Reginald D.
Stair T. Jr. A.
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