JEM/SMILES observation capability

Yasuko J. Kasai; Philippe Baron; Satoshi Ochiai; Jana Mendrok; Joachim Urban; Donal Murtagh; Joakim Moller; Takeshi Manabe; Kenichi Kikuchi; Toshiyuki Nishibori

doi:10.1117/12.830825

22 September 2009 JEM/SMILES observation capability

Yasuko J. Kasai, Philippe Baron, Satoshi Ochiai, Jana Mendrok, Joachim Urban, Donal Murtagh, Joakim Moller, Takeshi Manabe, Kenichi Kikuchi, Toshiyuki Nishibori

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Proceedings Volume 7474, Sensors, Systems, and Next-Generation Satellites XIII; 74740S (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.830825
Event: SPIE Remote Sensing, 2009, Berlin, Germany

Abstract

A new generation of sub-millimeter-wave receivers employing sensitive SIS (Superconductor-Insulator- Superconductor) detector technology will provide new opportunities for precise passive remote sensing observation of minor constituents in atmosphere. Superconducting Submillimeter-Wave Limb-Emission Sounder (SMILES) was designed to be onbord the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) on the International Space Station (ISS) as a collaboration project of National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). SMILES scheduled to be launch in September 11, 2009 by the H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV). Mission Objectives are: i) Space demonstration of superconductive mixer and 4-K mechanical cooler for the submillimeter limb emission sounding, and ii) global observations of atmospheric minor constituents. JEM/SMILES will allow to observe the atmospheric species such as O₃, H³⁵Cl, H³⁷ Cl, ClO, BrO, HOCl, HO₂, and HNO₃, CH₃CN, and Ozone isotope species with the precisions in a few to several tens percents from upper troposphere to the mesosphere. We have estimated the observation capabilities of JEM/SMILES. This new technology may allow us to open new issues in atmospheric science.

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Yasuko J. Kasai, Philippe Baron, Satoshi Ochiai, Jana Mendrok, Joachim Urban, Donal Murtagh, Joakim Moller, Takeshi Manabe, Kenichi Kikuchi, and Toshiyuki Nishibori "JEM/SMILES observation capability", Proc. SPIE 7474, Sensors, Systems, and Next-Generation Satellites XIII, 74740S (22 September 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.830825

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