The limb infrared monitor of the stratosphere (LIMS) experiment: Temperature and nitrogen dioxide results |
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| Authors: | JC Gille PL Bailey JM Russell |
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| Institution: | National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado, USA;NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia, USA |
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| Abstract: | The Limb Infrared Monitor of the Stratosphere (LIMS) is a 6 channel scanning radiometer which measures the infrared emission by the earth's limb. These measurements are inverted to yield distributions of temperature, ozone, water vapor, nitric acid and nitrogen dioxide. The instrumentation and its orbital performance are briefly described. Retrievals of temperature and nitrogen dioxide are presented, with a discussion of their precision. Comparisons to in-situ rocket and balloon measurements are used to assess their accuracy. Special mention is made of the temperature data supplied for the FGGE II-b data sets. Results for ozone, water vapor and nitric acid are presented in companion papers. |
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