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Stair AT, Pritchard J, Coleman I, et al. Rocketborne cryogenic (10 K) high-resolution interferometer spectrometer flight HIRIS: auroral and atmospheric IR emission spectra. Appl Opt. 1983;22(7):1056-69doi: 10.1364/ao.22.001056.
Stair, A. T., Pritchard, J., Coleman, I., Bohne, C., Williamson, W., Rogers, J., & Rawlins, W. T. (1983). Rocketborne cryogenic (10 K) high-resolution interferometer spectrometer flight HIRIS: auroral and atmospheric IR emission spectra. Applied optics, 22(7), 1056-69. https://doi.org/10.1364/ao.22.001056
Stair, A T, et al. "Rocketborne cryogenic (10 K) high-resolution interferometer spectrometer flight HIRIS: auroral and atmospheric IR emission spectra." Applied optics vol. 22,7 (1983): 1056-69. doi: https://doi.org/10.1364/ao.22.001056
Stair AT, Pritchard J, Coleman I, Bohne C, Williamson W, Rogers J, Rawlins WT. Rocketborne cryogenic (10 K) high-resolution interferometer spectrometer flight HIRIS: auroral and atmospheric IR emission spectra. Appl Opt. 1983 Apr 01;22(7):1056-69. doi: 10.1364/ao.22.001056. PMID: 18195921.
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Appl Opt. 1983 Apr 01;22(7):1056-69. doi: 10.1364/ao.22.001056.

Rocketborne cryogenic (10 K) high-resolution interferometer spectrometer flight HIRIS: auroral and atmospheric IR emission spectra.

Applied optics

A T Stair, J Pritchard, I Coleman, C Bohne, W Williamson, J Rogers, W T Rawlins

Affiliations

  1. US Air Force Geophysics Laboratory, Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts 01731, USA.

PMID: 18195921 DOI: 10.1364/ao.22.001056

Abstract

A Michelson interferometer spectrometer cooled to 10 degrees by liquid helium was flown into an IBC class III aurora on 1 April 1976 from Poker Flat, Alas. The sensor, HIRIS, covered the spectral range 455-2500 wave numbers (4-22 microm) with a spectral resolution of 1.8 cm(-1) and an NESR of 5 x 10-12 W/cm2 scrm(-1) at 1000 cm(-1). An atmospheric emission spectrum was obtained every 0.7 sec over an altitude range of 70-125 km. Atmospheric spectra were obtained of CO2 (nu3), NO (Deltanu = 1), O3 (nu3) and CO2 (nu2). Auroral produced excitations were observed for each band, this being the first known measurement of auroral enhancements of O3 (nu3), 9.6 microm, and CO2 (nu2), 15 microm, emissions.

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