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Temperature measurements in the Earth's stratosphere using a limb scanning visible light spectrometer
Author(s) -
Rusch D. W.,
Mount G. H.,
Zawodny J. M.,
Barth C. A.,
Rottman G. J.,
Thomas R. J.,
Thomas G. E.,
Sanders R. W.,
Lawrence G. M.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/gl010i004p00261
Subject(s) - stratosphere , spectrometer , mesosphere , satellite , rocket (weapon) , spacecraft , atmosphere (unit) , remote sensing , rayleigh scattering , environmental science , sunlight , atmospheric sciences , physics , optics , geology , astronomy , meteorology , engineering , aerospace engineering
The temperature of the earth's atmosphere between 40 and 50 km is inferred from measurements of Rayleigh scattered sunlight by a visible‐light spectrometer on the Solar Mesosphere Explorer spacecraft. The RMS deviation of the satellite measurements from conventional rocket measurements is 5°K above 45 km and 2‐3°K below 45 km. The satellite data are compared to model temperatures for March, 1982.