Instrumentation on the Remote Atmospheric and Ionospheric Detection System Experiment: extreme-ultraviolet spectrometer, photometer, and near-infrared spectrometer

1 January 1993

journal article
Published by SPIE-Intl Soc Optical Eng in Optical Engineering

Vol. 32 (12) , 3054-3060
https://doi.org/10.1117/12.149189

Abstract

The Remote Atmospheric and Ionospheric Detection System experiment consists of eight instruments spanning the wavelength range from the extreme ultraviolet (55 nm) to the near infrared (800 nm) oriented to view the Earth's limb from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration TIROS-J spacecraft to be launched into a circular orbit in 1993. Through measurements of the natural optical emissions and scattered sunlight originating in the upper atmosphere including the mesosphere and thermosphere, state variables such as temperature, composition, density, and ion concentration of this region will be inferred. The subset of instruments fabricated or otherwise provided by the Space and Environment Technology Center (formerly Space Sciences Laboratory) at The Aerospace Corporation are described.

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