MOPITT validation using ground-based IR spectroscopy

Eamonn McKernan; Leonid Yurganov; Boyd T. Tolton; James R. Drummond

doi:10.1117/12.366407

20 October 1999 MOPITT validation using ground-based IR spectroscopy

Eamonn McKernan, Leonid Yurganov, Boyd T. Tolton, James R. Drummond

Proceedings Volume 3756, Optical Spectroscopic Techniques and Instrumentation for Atmospheric and Space Research III; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.366407
Event: SPIE's International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation, 1999, Denver, CO, United States

Abstract

MOPITT is a nadir-viewing gas correlation radiometer due to be launched aboard the EOS Terra platform. The feasibility of MOPITT data validation using ground-based sun-viewing spectrometers of moderate resolution is investigated. Several instruments with a spectral resolution of approximately 0.2 cm^-1 are now operating in Russia and in China for the monitoring of CO and CH₄. A spectrometer of this type has been tested and improved at the University of Toronto. It has also been compared with other spectroscopic instruments in field conditions. The results of these comparisons, and the prospects for further work are presented and discussed.

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Eamonn McKernan, Leonid Yurganov, Boyd T. Tolton, and James R. Drummond "MOPITT validation using ground-based IR spectroscopy", Proc. SPIE 3756, Optical Spectroscopic Techniques and Instrumentation for Atmospheric and Space Research III, (20 October 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.366407

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