Atmospheric FTS

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Propagation, Transmission, Attenuation, And Radiative Transfer, Spectral Absorption By Atmospheric Gases

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The chemical state of the upper atmosphere can be determined from FTS measurements of its infrared thermal emission spectrum. The atmosphere is self-luminous in this band, and can be measured in any direction, day or night. This paper focuses on results from the Smithsonian's far-infrared spectrometer FIRS-2. The techniques of emission and absorption spectroscopy are compared, and the unique features of FIRS-2 discussed. The driving force behind each FIRS-2 flight campaign has been the issue of ozone depletion in the stratosphere. In the Arctic winter vortex we measured large scale chemical change and vertical subsidence of the stratosphere. On a balloon platform we measured the abundances of radical and precursor species which control ozone loss in the middle stratosphere. We show evidence for two cases of ``missing chemistry'' in the stratosphere.

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