Stratospheric observations from nimbus 5

J. J. Barnett; J. T. Houghton; C. G. Morgan; D. R. Pick; C. D. Rodgers; E. J. Williamson; M. J. Cross; D. Flower; G. Peckham; S. D. Smith

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Stratospheric observations from nimbus 5

J. J. Barnett, J. T. Houghton, C. G. Morgan, D. R. Pick, C. D. Rodgers, E. J. Williamson, M. J. Cross, D. Flower, G. Peckham, S. D. Smith

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EXPERIMENTS using both infrared and microwave radiometers have been developed for the Nimbus series of satellites^1,2. Selective chopper radiometers (SCR) for Nimbus 4 and Nimbus 5 incorporate cells containing carbon dioxide gas to accomplish the narrow-band filtering, thereby achieving a very high effective spectral resolution - of the order of the width of the absorption lines themselves. By this means emission from levels in the atmosphere as high as 45 km can be selected. The first SCR on Nimbus 4, which was six channels in the 15 µm CO₂ band^3,4, has worked successfully for more than 3 yr; data from it have provided the first global maps of stratospheric temperature at these high levels^5-7, and stratospheric warmings have been identified^8,9. © 1973 Nature Publishing Group.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	141-143
Number of pages	3
Journal	Nature
Volume	245
Issue number	5421
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/245141a0
Publication status	Published - 1973

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