Abstract
The balloon-borne microwave limb sounder (BMLS) measures atmospheric thermal emission from millimeter wavelenght spectral lines to determine vertical profiles of stratospheric species. The instrument flown to date operates at 205 GHz to measure ClO, O3, and H2O2. A 63 GHz radiometer will be added to test the techniquw for determining tangent point pressure from the MLS experiment on the upper atmosphere research satellite (UARS). Many additional species could also be measured by tge BMLS. A radiometer at 270 GHz would provide measurements of HO2, NO2, HNO3, N2O, 16O18O16O, and HCN. With this addition, the BMLS can test the current theory of O3 photochemical balance in the upper stratosphere. © 1984.
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Waters, J. W., Hardy, J. C., Jarnot, R. F., Pickett, H. M., & Zimmermann, P. (1984). A balloon-borne microwave limb sounder for stratospheric measurements. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 32(5–6), 407–433. https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-4073(84)90037-2
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