Helium-cooled balloon-borne infrared experiment for measurements of
stratospheric trace gas emissions

H. Rippel; L. Hilbert; M. Jarisch; D. Kampf; D. Offermann; R. Schneider

doi:10.1364/AO.26.003097

Applied Optics
Vol. 26,
Issue 15,
pp. 3097-3102
(1987)
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Helium-cooled balloon-borne infrared experiment for measurements of stratospheric trace gas emissions

H. Rippel, L. Hilbert, M. Jarisch, D. Kampf, D. Offermann, and R. Schneider

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H. Rippel, L. Hilbert, M. Jarisch, D. Kampf, D. Offermann, and R. Schneider, "Helium-cooled balloon-borne infrared experiment for measurements of stratospheric trace gas emissions," Appl. Opt. 26, 3097-3102 (1987)

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Abstract

A helium-cooled IR spectrometer with a diffraction-limited telescope was launched on 23 Sept. 1983 from Aire-sur-l'Adour (France) as part of the MAP/Globus 1983 campaign. The float altitude of the balloon was 38 km. Limb scan measurements of atmospheric emissions were taken in the 5.5–19-μm wavelength region. The measurements were performed ∼1 h before sunrise. From several spectral features volume mixing ratios of NO₂, H₂O, CH₄, HNO₃, O₃, and N₂O were derived.

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Constituent	Wavelength (μm)	Height region (μm)
O₃	4.8	20-FA^b
	9.0	20-FA
	9.5	15-FA
H₂O	6.5	10-FA
NO₂	6.2	10-FA
N₂O	7.7	10-FA
N₂O	4.5	10-35
HNO₃	11.2	10-FA
HNO₃	7.5	10-FA
CO	4.7	10-FA
CO₂	4.3	10-FA
CO₂	15.0	10-FA
CH₄	7.6	10-FA
CH₄	8.1	10-FA
CFCl₃	11.8	10-22
CF₂Cl₂	10.8	10-30

No.	Order	Spectral region (μm)	Spectral resolution	Detector	NEP (WHz^−1/2)
1	1	9.4–19	580	Ge:Cu	6 × 10⁻¹⁷
2	1	9.4–19	580	Ge:Cu	2 × 10⁻¹⁶
3	1	19–23	580	GE:Cu	3 × 10⁻¹⁶
4	2	5.5–9.2	580	Si:P	2 × 10⁻¹⁶
5	2	5.5–9.2	580	Si:P	2 × 10⁻¹⁶
6	2	5.5–9.2	580	Ge:Cu	3 × 10⁻¹⁶
7	3	3.7–5.5	580	Ge:Cu	2 × 10⁻¹⁶

Telescope:
Diameter of primary mirror	55 mm
f/No.	11
Solid angle	6.4 × 10⁻³ sr
Stray-light rejection	≥10³
Height resolution	≤400m
Spectrometer:
Spectral interval	3.7−22 μm
f/No.	11
Focal length	50 cm
Resolving power	2000 (nominal)
Resolving power	580 (MAP/Globus flight)
Etendue	6.4 × 10⁻⁵ cm² sr
NESR	2 × 10⁻¹⁰ W cm⁻² sr⁻¹
Number of channels	7
Instrument:
Total weight	400 kg
Power (average)	100 W
Lifetime of cryogen	12 h

Constituent	Wavelength (μm)	Height region (μm)
O₃	4.8	20-FA^b
	9.0	20-FA
	9.5	15-FA
H₂O	6.5	10-FA
NO₂	6.2	10-FA
N₂O	7.7	10-FA
N₂O	4.5	10-35
HNO₃	11.2	10-FA
HNO₃	7.5	10-FA
CO	4.7	10-FA
CO₂	4.3	10-FA
CO₂	15.0	10-FA
CH₄	7.6	10-FA
CH₄	8.1	10-FA
CFCl₃	11.8	10-22
CF₂Cl₂	10.8	10-30

No.	Order	Spectral region (μm)	Spectral resolution	Detector	NEP (WHz^−1/2)
1	1	9.4–19	580	Ge:Cu	6 × 10⁻¹⁷
2	1	9.4–19	580	Ge:Cu	2 × 10⁻¹⁶
3	1	19–23	580	GE:Cu	3 × 10⁻¹⁶
4	2	5.5–9.2	580	Si:P	2 × 10⁻¹⁶
5	2	5.5–9.2	580	Si:P	2 × 10⁻¹⁶
6	2	5.5–9.2	580	Ge:Cu	3 × 10⁻¹⁶
7	3	3.7–5.5	580	Ge:Cu	2 × 10⁻¹⁶

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