A star-pointing UV-visible spectrometer for remote-sensing of the stratosphere.

Howard K. Roscoe,R.A. Freshwater,Roderic L. Jones,D. J. Fish,John E. Harries,R. Wolfenden,R. D. Hudson

A star-pointing UV-visible spectrometer for remote-sensing of the stratosphere.

1994

Howard K. Roscoe
R.A. Freshwater
Roderic L. Jones
D. J. Fish
John E. Harries
R. Wolfenden
R. D. Hudson

We have constructed a novel instrument for ground-based remote sensing, by mounting a UV-visible spectrometer on a telescope and observing the absorption by atmospheric constituents of light from stars. Potentially, the instrument can observe stratospheric O3, NO3, NO2, and OClO.

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Remote sensing
Spectrometer
Stratosphere
Environmental science
Ozone
atmospheric composition
nitrogen oxides
Astrobiology
Ultraviolet visible spectroscopy

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