Sounding the upper mesosphere using broadband solar occultation: initial results from the SOFIE experiment

Larry L. Gordley; Mark E. Hervig; James M. Russell; Gregory J. Paxton; Lance E. Deaver; John C. Burton; R. E. Thompson; Christopher W. Brown; Brian E. Magill; Marty McHugh

doi:10.1117/12.730956

26 September 2007 Sounding the upper mesosphere using broadband solar occultation: initial results from the SOFIE experiment

Larry L. Gordley, Mark E. Hervig, James M. Russell, Gregory J. Paxton, Lance E. Deaver, John C. Burton, R. E. Thompson, Christopher W. Brown, Brian E. Magill, Marty McHugh

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Proceedings Volume 6678, Infrared Spaceborne Remote Sensing and Instrumentation XV; 66780Y (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.730956
Event: Optical Engineering + Applications, 2007, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The Solar Occultation For Ice Experiment (SOFIE) was launched onboard the Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere (AIM) satellite on 25 April 2007, and began science observations on 14 May 2007. SOFIE conducts solar occultation measurements in 16 spectral bands that are used to retrieval vertical profiles of temperature, O₃, H₂O, CO₂, CH₄, NO, and polar mesospheric cloud (PMC) extinction at 11 wavelengths. SOFIE provides 15 sunrise and 15 sunset measurements each day at latitudes from 65°-85°S and 65°-85°N. This work describes the SOFIE experiment and shows preliminary retrieval results based on observations from the initial months on-orbit.

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Larry L. Gordley, Mark E. Hervig, James M. Russell, Gregory J. Paxton, Lance E. Deaver, John C. Burton, R. E. Thompson, Christopher W. Brown, Brian E. Magill, and Marty McHugh "Sounding the upper mesosphere using broadband solar occultation: initial results from the SOFIE experiment", Proc. SPIE 6678, Infrared Spaceborne Remote Sensing and Instrumentation XV, 66780Y (26 September 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.730956

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