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ROCKETMAS: A sounding-rocket-based remote sensing measurement of mesospheric water vapor and ozoneThe ROCKETMAS rocketborne technique, based on the shuttle-borne millimeter wave atmospheric sounder (MAS), to obtain water vapor and ozone measurements with vertical resolution, is described. The concentrations of mesospheric water vapor and ozone are not well known, yet both contribute significantly to the chemical and radiative structure of that region. In situ measurements of water vapor are difficult to make because water that was absorbed on the instrument surfaces outgasses in space and contaminates the local environment of the payload. However, a remote sensing technique that uses a long pathlength through the atmosphere greatly reduces the effect of such local contamination. The 183.3 GHz line of water vapor and 184.4 GHz line of ozone are good choices for spaceborne radiometer measurements because one front-end mixer assembly can be used to simultaneously observe both gases. The design of a sounding rocket based millimeter wave radiometer for measuring water vapor and ozone with a height resolution not possible by either ground based or limb sounding techniques is described.
Document ID
19950005661
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Croskey, C. L.
(Pennsylvania State Univ. University Park, PA, United States)
Olivero, J. J.
(Pennsylvania State Univ. University Park, PA, United States)
Puliafito, S. E.
(Pennsylvania State Univ. University Park, PA, United States)
Mitchell, J. D.
(Pennsylvania State Univ. University Park, PA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 17, 2013
Publication Date
March 1, 1994
Publication Information
Publication: ESA, Proceedings of the 11th ESA Symposium on European Rocket and Balloon Programmes and Related Research
Subject Category
Geophysics
Accession Number
95N12074
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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