Temperature measurements in the Earth's stratosphere using a limb scanning visible light spectrometer
- 1 April 1983
- journal article
- Published by American Geophysical Union (AGU) in Geophysical Research Letters
- Vol. 10 (4) , 261-264
- https://doi.org/10.1029/gl010i004p00261
Abstract
The temperature of the earth's atmosphere between 40 and 50 km is inferred from measurements of Rayleigh scattered sunlight by a visible‐light spectrometer on the Solar Mesosphere Explorer spacecraft. The RMS deviation of the satellite measurements from conventional rocket measurements is 5°K above 45 km and 2‐3°K below 45 km. The satellite data are compared to model temperatures for March, 1982.Keywords
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