Measurement of the middle-atmosphere temperature profile using a ground-based spectroradiometer facility

• DOI: 10.1007/s11141-010-9230-z
• Publication Date: 2010-11-16T05:50:50Z
• Authors: A. A. Shvetsov; L. I. Fedoseev; D. A. Karashtin; O. S. Bol’shakov; D. N. Mukhin; N. K. Skalyga; A. M. Feigin
• Keywords: Spectroradiometer; Atmospheric temperature; Ground level

The spectroradiometer facility for ground-based thermal sensing of the middle atmosphere is developed and manufactured. Observation of the atmospheric self-radiation in the range including two lines (27_ and 29_) of spin-rotational transitions of molecular oxygen is performed. The atmospheric-temperature profiles in the altitude interval 10–55 km are recovered from the observation data.