TY  - JOUR
AU  - Olschewski, Friedhelm
AU  - Kaufmann, Martin
AU  - Mantel, Klaus
AU  - Neubert, Tom
AU  - Rongen, Heinz
AU  - Riese, Martin
AU  - Koppmann, Ralf
TI  - AtmoCube A1: airglow measurements in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere by spatial heterodyne interferometry
JO  - Journal of applied remote sensing
VL  - 13
IS  - 02
SN  - 1931-3195
CY  - Bellingham Wash.
PB  - SPIE
M1  - FZJ-2019-02899
SP  - 024501
PY  - 2019
AB  - The Institute for Atmospheric and Environmental Research at the University of Wuppertal and the Institute of Energy and Climate Research Stratosphere at Research Center Juelich developed a CubeSat payload for atmospheric research. The payload consists of a small interferometer for the observation of airglow near 762 nm. The line intensities of the oxygen A-band are used to derive temperatures in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere region. The temperature data will be used to analyze dynamical wave structures in the atmosphere. The interferometer technology chosen to measure the ro-vibrational structure of the O2 atmospheric band near 762 nm is a spatial heterodyne interferometer originally proposed by Connes in 1958. It can be designed to deliver extraordinary spectral resolution to resolve individual emission lines. The utilization of a two-dimensional imaging detector allows for recording interferograms at adjacent locations simultaneously. Integrated in a six-unit CubeSat, the instrument is designed for limb sounding of the atmosphere. The agility of a CubeSat will be used to sweep the line-of-sight through specific regions of interest to derive a three-dimensional image of an atmospheric volume using tomographic reconstruction techniques
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
UR  - <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000465316000001
DO  - DOI:10.1117/1.JRS.13.024501
UR  - https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/862637
ER  -