Title :
The Airborne Polar Experiment (APE)
Author :
Peckham, G.E. ; Waters, J.W. ; Harwood, R.S. ; Cofield, R.E. ; Flower, D.A. ; Frerking, M.A. ; Froidevaux, L. ; Jarnot, R.F. ; Lau, C.L. ; Lau, G.K. ; Maddison, B.J. ; Pickett, H.M. ; Pumphrey, H.C. ; Read, W.G. ; Santee, M.L. ; Suttie, R.A. ; Wilson, W.J
Author_Institution :
Heriot-Watt Univ., Edinburgh, UK
Abstract :
A first airborne mission, using the high altitude aircraft M-55 Geophysika, to study polar stratospheric clouds and background aerosols is described. By means of such an aircraft equipped with in-situ and remote sensing instrumentation, more insight into the microphysics and chemistry of PSCs will be possible
Keywords :
atmospheric composition; atmospheric techniques; mesosphere; meteorology; millimetre wave measurement; radiometry; remote sensing; stratosphere; troposphere; Antarctic; Arctic; ClO; EHF millimetric; H2O; HNO3; MLS; Microwave Limb Sounder; O3; SO2; UARS; Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite; atmospheric limb; chemical composition; concentration; humidity; measurement technique; mesosphere; middle atmosphere; millimetre wavelength; mm wave radiometry; ozone; satellite remote sensing; stratosphere; thermal emission; troposphere; water vapour; Antarctica; Atmospheric measurements; Atmospheric waves; Geophysical measurements; Instruments; Microwave measurements; Multilevel systems; Temperature; Terrestrial atmosphere; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1995. IGARSS '95. 'Quantitative Remote Sensing for Science and Applications', International
Conference_Location :
Firenze
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2567-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1995.520300
