High-Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder (HIRDLS) for the Earth Observing System

John C. Gille; John J. Barnett; William G. Mankin; Brian R. Johnson; Michael A. Dials; John G. Whitney; Douglas Woodard; Phillip I. Arter; Wayne P. Rudolph

doi:10.1117/12.187571

30 September 1994 High-Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder (HIRDLS) for the Earth Observing System

John C. Gille, John J. Barnett, William G. Mankin, Brian R. Johnson, Michael A. Dials, John G. Whitney, Douglas Woodard, Phillip I. Arter, Wayne P. Rudolph

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Proceedings Volume 2266, Optical Spectroscopic Techniques and Instrumentation for Atmospheric and Space Research; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.187571
Event: SPIE's 1994 International Symposium on Optics, Imaging, and Instrumentation, 1994, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

The HIRDLS instrument is being designed to obtain data to address critical questions related to the middle atmosphere and its role in global change. We briefly state the scientific objectives of the experiment, and then describe the requirements placed on the instrument. These include the ability to obtain measurements with 4 degree(s)latitudinal and longitudinal resolution, and 1 km vertical resolution, the ability to sound down into the upper troposphere when clouds are absent, and the ability to measure radiance profiles in order to infer temperature and the concentrations of a number of trace species of different chemical lifetimes, along with the gradients of the geopotential height fields, for 5 or more years. The HIRDLS instrument is a multichannel infrared limb scanner that significantly extends the measurement capabilities of earlier instruments such as LIMS and ISAMS. Advances include the use of a two-axis scanner to allow limb scans at multiple azimuths, narrow fields of view coupled with over-sampling, digital filtering and low noise to enhance vertical resolution, the use of larger numbers of channels to acquire data over a larger range of altitudes and the use of a gyroscope to determine motions of the optical bench. The ways in which this is done are described. The most demanding requirements are for radiometric accuracy and precision, and for precise pointing knowledge (in the presence of vibration). The results of trade-off studies are presented, and the current conceptual design is described.

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John C. Gille, John J. Barnett, William G. Mankin, Brian R. Johnson, Michael A. Dials, John G. Whitney, Douglas Woodard, Phillip I. Arter, and Wayne P. Rudolph "High-Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder (HIRDLS) for the Earth Observing System", Proc. SPIE 2266, Optical Spectroscopic Techniques and Instrumentation for Atmospheric and Space Research, (30 September 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.187571

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