Van Allen R, Murcray FJ, Liu X. Mid-infrared measurements of the atmospheric emission over the South Pole using a radiometrically calibrated Fourier transform spectrometer.
APPLIED OPTICS 1996;
35:1523-1530. [PMID:
21085269 DOI:
10.1364/ao.35.001523]
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Abstract
We conducted year-round measurements of the downwelling atmospheric infrared emission over the South Pole in 1992. The instrument covered the 550-1600-wave-number region with 1-wave-number resolution. We calculated the water vapor content for clear-sky cases and found a good correlation with the surface temperature, with values ranging from 0.2 to 0.8 mm. Ozone-sonde profiles were compared with total column abundances of O(3) retrieved from the spectra. The experiment is explained in detail, including the instrumentation, calibration, and retrieval methods used. The calibrated spectra contain information about several trace gases, water, clouds, temperature profiles, and aerosols.
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