Spatial Heterodyne Spectrometer for Observation of Water for a Balloon Flight: Overview of the Instrument & Preliminary Flight Data Results

Fabien Dupont,Frédéric Grandmont,Brian H. Solheim,Adam E. Bourassa,Doug A. Degenstein,N. D. Lloyd,Ryan Cooney

Spatial Heterodyne Spectrometer for Observation of Water for a Balloon Flight: Overview of the Instrument & Preliminary Flight Data Results

2015

Fabien Dupont
Frédéric Grandmont
Brian H. Solheim
Adam E. Bourassa
Doug A. Degenstein
N. D. Lloyd
Ryan Cooney

SHOW is a Spatial Heterodyne Spectrometer designed to vertically resolve water profiles from limb scattered sunlight. The instrument successfully flew at 35 km float altitude. We present an overview of the instrument and preliminary results.

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Remote sensing
Geography
Radiative transfer
Balloon
Diffraction grating
Sunlight
Heterodyne
Optics
Spectrometer
Altitude
flight data
Environmental science

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