Measurements with an airborne, autotracking, external-head sunphotometerDesign and performance features and sample results from use of a NASA airborne tracking sunphotometer (ATS) are described. The ATS was devised to obtain continuous vertical profiles of the optical depth and transmissivity, first from a CV-990 aircraft and then from a modified DC-8 aircraft. Sample results are presented from a 1985 flight as part of the SAGE-II calibration mission, which featured detectors frequencies of 380, 450, 600, 860, 940, and 1020 microns and covered flight altitudes from ground to 10 km.
Document ID
19870027816
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Russell, P. B. (NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Matsumoto, T. (NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Banta, V. J. (NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Mina, C. (NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Colburn, D. S. (NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Pueschel, R. F. (NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Livingston, J. M. (NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field; SRI International, Menlo Park, CA, United States)