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

Volume

1

fYear

34881

fDate

10-14 Jul1995

Firstpage

429

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

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

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1995.520300

Filename

520300