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5 May 2017 THz spectroscopy of the atmosphere for climatology and meteorology applications
Peter Hargrave, Stafford Withington, Stefan A. Buehler, Lukas Kluft, Ben Flatman, Prateek Kumar Dongre
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Abstract
We present a new satellite-based instrument concept that will enable global measurements of atmospheric temperature and humidity profiles with unprecedented resolution and accuracy, compared to currently planned missions. It will also provide global measurements of essential climate variables related to ice clouds that will better constrain global climate models. The instrument is enabled by the use of superconducting detectors coupled to superconducting filterbank spectrometers, operating between 50GHz and 850 GHz. We present the science drivers, the current instrument concept and status, and predicted performance.
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Peter Hargrave, Stafford Withington, Stefan A. Buehler, Lukas Kluft, Ben Flatman, and Prateek Kumar Dongre "THz spectroscopy of the atmosphere for climatology and meteorology applications", Proc. SPIE 10210, Next-Generation Spectroscopic Technologies X, 1021010 (5 May 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2263626
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KEYWORDS
Clouds

Climatology

Medium wave

Optical filters

Microwave radiation

Sensors

Superconductors

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