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Measurements of NO 2 in the Earth's stratosphere using a limb scanning visible light spectrometer
Author(s) -
Mount G. H.,
Rusch D. W.,
Zawodny J. M.,
Noxon J. F.,
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/gl010i004p00265
Subject(s) - stratosphere , spectrometer , mesosphere , latitude , atmospheric sciences , rayleigh scattering , altitude (triangle) , sunlight , spacecraft , remote sensing , environmental science , visible spectrum , physics , optics , geology , astronomy , geometry , mathematics
NO 2 densities determined from the limb scanning visible light spectrometer on board the Solar Mesosphere Explorer spacecraft are reported for winter 1981/82 in the altitude region 28‐40 km. The observational technique utilizes the photoabsorption by NO 2 of Rayleigh scattered sunlight in the 440nm spectral region. The NO 2 density varies from pole to pole and shows large variations at high northern latitudes during the winter months which are related to both the temperature and flow of air near 30 km.