Plan for the experiment with the retroreflector in space (RIS) on ADEOS

Nobuo Sugimoto; Atsushi Minato; Ichiro Matsui; Yasuhiro Sasano; Toshikasu Itabe; Tetsuo Aoki; Masao Takabe; Norihisa Hiromoto; Hiroo Kunimori

doi:10.1117/12.228567

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15 December 1995 Plan for the experiment with the retroreflector in space (RIS) on ADEOS

Nobuo Sugimoto, Atsushi Minato, Ichiro Matsui, Yasuhiro Sasano, Toshikasu Itabe, Tetsuo Aoki, Masao Takabe, Norihisa Hiromoto, Hiroo Kunimori

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Proceedings Volume 2583, Advanced and Next-Generation Satellites; (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.228567
Event: Satellite Remote Sensing II, 1995, Paris, France

Abstract

Experiments on the earth-satellite-earth laser long-path absorption measurements of atmospheric trace species will be carried out with the retroreflector in space (RIS) for the Advanced Earth Observing Satellite (ADEOS). The RIS is a single-element hollow retroreflector with an effective diameter of 0.5 m, which was designed for spectroscopic measurement in the infrared region. The ground system for the experiment employs two single-longitudinal-mode pulsed CO₂ lasers. High-resolution atmospheric absorption spectra are measured by using the Doppler shift of the return beam caused by the satellite movement. Vertical profiles of O₃ and CH₄, and column contents of CFC12, HNO₃, CO, N₂O, etc. will be obtained from the measured spectra.

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Nobuo Sugimoto, Atsushi Minato, Ichiro Matsui, Yasuhiro Sasano, Toshikasu Itabe, Tetsuo Aoki, Masao Takabe, Norihisa Hiromoto, and Hiroo Kunimori "Plan for the experiment with the retroreflector in space (RIS) on ADEOS", Proc. SPIE 2583, Advanced and Next-Generation Satellites, (15 December 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.228567

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