High resolution, balloon-borne emission spectroscopy of trace species in the lower stratosphere - N2O5, HNO3A liquid-nitrogen cooled Fourier transform spectrometer (SIRIS) measures thermal limb-emission of the stratosphere from a balloon platform at a nominal altitude of 40 km, under night and day conditions, with a 3 km vertical resolution. N2O5 and HNO3 mixing ratios inferred from emission spectra are compared with previous measurements and with the predictions from a one-dimensional photochemical model.
Document ID
19890044942
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Brasunas, J. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Herman, J. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Kunde, V. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Maguire, W. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Herath, L. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Shaffer, W. (Science Systems and Applications, Inc. Seabrook, MD, United States)
Abbas, M. (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Massie, S. (National Center for Atmospheric Research Boulder, CO, United States)