Measurement of greenhouse gases from space with a SWIR FTS

Akihiko Kuze; Hideaki Nakajima; Makoto Suzuki; Yasuhiro Sasano

doi:10.1117/12.454237

30 January 2002 Measurement of greenhouse gases from space with a SWIR FTS

Akihiko Kuze, Hideaki Nakajima, Makoto Suzuki, Yasuhiro Sasano

Proceedings Volume 4485, Optical Spectroscopic Techniques, Remote Sensing, and Instrumentation for Atmospheric and Space Research IV; (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.454237
Event: International Symposium on Optical Science and Technology, 2001, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

Considering global increase in greenhouse-gases, observation and monitoring of the earth's atmosphere with space-borne instruments are essential. Satellite measurement offers the advantage of global and long-term monitoring. In the short wave infrared (SWIR) region of 1.5-1.9 micrometers , major greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide (CO₂), water vapor (H₂O), and methane (CH₄)) have absorption spectra of moderate strength without interference by other molecule absorption. In addition, we can use the un-cooled detector for this wavelength region. Two different types of observation geometry will be discussed; one is nadir-looking with sun glint light source for the column amount retrieval and the other is limb-looking with scattered light source for the vertical profile retrieval. We propose the four- ports Fourier transform spectrometer (FTS) for this application. One input port is for nadir-looking measurements and the other input port is for limb-looking measurements. One output port is used for greenhouse gases measurements and the other port is used for the oxygen (O₂) absorption spectra measurement for the optical path length calibration. The instrumentation of the FTS, retrieval algorithm and expected performance are discussed, and ground test results are also presented.

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Akihiko Kuze, Hideaki Nakajima, Makoto Suzuki, and Yasuhiro Sasano "Measurement of greenhouse gases from space with a SWIR FTS", Proc. SPIE 4485, Optical Spectroscopic Techniques, Remote Sensing, and Instrumentation for Atmospheric and Space Research IV, (30 January 2002); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.454237

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