85-034A-14A: Trace and Minor Gas Mixing Ratio Profiles
This set of trace and minor gas volume mixing ratio (VMR) profiles was supplied by the experimenter on one 5 1/4-inch floppy disk in IBM-compatible, ASCII format. The data were acquired during the Shuttle flight of Spacelab 3 in April-May 1985. Profiles for more than 25 atmospheric species, including CO and halogenated hydrocarbons, were retrieved from high-resolution (0.01 cm-1 unapodized), IR (2-16 micrometer), solar occultation spectra. They cover both the Northern Hemisphere (at about 30 deg N.) and the Southern Hemisphere (at about 47 deg S.) at altitudes that range from 10 to 150 km, with an average resolution of 4.1 km. For most of the species, separate profiles for sunrises (.SR) and sunsets (.SS) are listed. Besides the data files, there is also an occultation file that lists all occultations by longitude and latitude in chronological order, a physical model file that tabulates models that are derived from the spectra and are used in establishing the VMR profiles, and an information file that documents the contents of the disk.
85-034A-14B: Atmospheric IR Spectra Data
This data set consists of individual infrared spectra taken by the ATMOS experiment on Spacelab-3 (STS-51B) in April-May 1985. The data resides on 22 magnetic tapes and consists of absorption spectra of the Earth's atmosphere from 5 to 140 km covering the 600-4800 wavenumber region of the infrared with a spectral resolution of 0.01 cm^-1 and a vertical resolution of 4 km, derived from the Fourier transformation of the interferometric data. The Fourier transforms were made at the ATMOS Data Analysis Facility at JPL. The individual spectra are filled in the order in which they were taken during the shuttle flight. The format of each tape consists of a short header followed by the spectra, with one file per spectrum. The data were derived from 7 sunrise occultations in the southern hemisphere and 13 sunset occultations in the norther hemisphere.
85-034A-14C: ATMOS IR Spectral Atlas, Hardcopy
This data set is an atmospheric atlas that constitutes Vol. II of 'A High Resolution Atlas of the Infrared Spectrum of the Sun and the Earth Atmosphere from Space'. The atlas contains spectra covering altitudes from the top of the mesosphere (about 80 km) to the lower stratosphere (20 km). The spectra were compiled from the zonal averages of sunset occultations, with a frequency range of 650 to 3380 cm**-1 and a high spectral resolution of 0.01 cm**-1. The spectra were ratioed against the zonal average solar specrum in order to remove the lines of solar origin, instrument photometric background shape, and the instrument lines and artifacts. The resulting spectra, in transmittance form, contain only lines that originate in the Earth's atmosphere. Besides the hardcopy, NSSDC is also distributing the raw unprocessed spectra on magnetic tapes.
85-034A-14D: Solar IR Spectral Atlas, Hardcopy
This data set is a solar atlas that constitutes Vol. I of 'A High Resolution Atlas of the Infrared Spectrum of the Sun and the Earth Atmosphere from Space.' The atlas contains spectra that were compiled from solar occulation observations made in the frequency range of 650 to 4800 cm**-1, with a high spectral resolution of 0.01 cm**-1. The spectra are free from absorptions due to constituents of the Earth's atmosphere. In addition to lines of solar origin, however, there are artifacts including instrument residual absorption lines due to gas in the instrument compartment. These contaminous lines are much narrower than the solar absorption lines because of the big Doppler broadening of the solar lines. Hence, the sunset zonal averages are displayed above the sunrise zonal averages; any line shift in positions between the sunset and sunrise spectra can be easily identified as of instrumental origin. Besides the hardcopy, NSSDC is also distributing the raw unprocessed spectra on magnetic tapes.
85-034A-14E: Raw Solar IR Spectral Data Tapes
This dataset was taken by the ATMOS experiment on Spacelab-3 (STS-51B) during April-May 1985. The dataset consists of solar-only spectra. The dataset is a very high signal-to-noise infrared solar spectra from 2.1 to 16 micrometers and was obtained by averaging large numbers of solar-only spectra. The dataset resides on only 1 magnetic tape consisting of 55 files, each an individual solar spectrum. The tape consists of a header followed by the solar spectra records.
Entry_ID: ATMOS_SPACELAB3 (MD Identifier: 3712)
Temporal Coverage:
From: 1985-04-29 TO: 1985-05-05
Geographic Coverage:
Southwest Extent: 26N,180W Northeast Extent: 34N,180E
Source:
SPACELAB 3>Space Shuttles, STS-51B
Sensor:
ATMOS>Atmospheric Trace Molecule Spectroscopy
Storage Media:
85-034A-14A on 1 IBM-PC floppy disk
85-034A-14B on 22 magnetic tapes (6250 bpi)
85-034A-14C and 85-034A-14D hardcover book
85-034A-14E on 1 magnetic tape (6250 bpi)
Campaign/Project:
SPACELAB-3
Discipline, Subdiscipline:
EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE
SOLAR PHYSICS > INFRARED OBSERVATIONS
Location Keyword:
CHROMOSPHERE
GLOBAL
MESOSPHERE
PHOTOSPHERE
STRATOSPHERE
TROPOSPHERE
Parameter Group, Parameter:
ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION > AEROSOLS
ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION > CARBON DIOXIDE
ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION > CARBON MONOXIDE
ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION > CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS
ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION > CONTAMINANTS
ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION > METHANE
ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION > NITRIC ACID
ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION > NITROGEN
ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION > NITROGEN DIOXIDE
ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION > NITROGEN OXIDES
ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION > NITROUS OXIDE
ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION > OXYGEN
ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION > OZONE
ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION > TRACE ELEMENTS
ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION > TRACE GASES
ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION > WATER VAPOR
ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS > ALTITUDE
ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE
ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS > PRESSURE
ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS > SOLAR RADIATION
ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS > WINDS
SOLAR PROPERTIES > ACTIVE REGIONS
General Keywords:
ACETYLENE
ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY
C2H2
C2H6
CARBON TETRACHLORIDE
CARBON TETRAFLUORIDE
CARBONYL DIFLUORIDE
CARBONYL SULFIDE
CCL4
CF4
CFCS
CH3CL
CH4
CHCLF2
CHLORINE
CHLORINE NITRATE
CHLORINE SPECIES
CHLORODIFUOROMETHANE
CL
CLONO3
CO
CO2
COF2
DINITROGEN PENTOXIDE
ETHANE
FLUORINE SPECIES
H2O
H2SO4
HALOGENS
HCL
HCN
HF
HNO3
HNO4
HYDROGEN CHLORIDE
HYDROGEN CYANIDE
HYDROGEN FLUORIDE
INFRARED SOLAR SPECTRUM
METHYL CHLORIDE
MOLECULAR NITROGEN
MOLECULAR OXYGEN
N2
N2O
N2O5
NITRIC OXIDE
NITROGEN SPECIES
NO
NO2
NOX
O2
O3
OCS
PEROXYNITRIC ACID
SF6
SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE
SULFURIC ACID
UPPER ATMOSPHERE
ZONAL WINDS
Science Review Date: 1993-12-06
Revision Date: 1993-12-06
Archive:
NSSDC>National Space Science Data Center, NASA
Data Set ID: 85-034A-14A
85-034A-14B
85-034A-14C
85-034A-14D
85-034A-14E
Contact: COORDINATED REQUEST & USER SUPPORT OFFICE,
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Phone: (301) 286-6695
FAX (301) 286-1771
Investigator: FARMER, CROFTON B.
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Pasadena, CA 91109
USA
Electronic Mail: NASAMAIL> CBFARMER
Phone: (818) 354-2039
Tech Contact: GUNSON, MICHAEL R.
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Mail Stop 183-301
4800 Oak Grove Drive
Pasadena, CA 91109
USA
Electronic Mail: INTERNET> mrg@atmosmips.jpl.nasa.gov
Phone: (818) 354-2124
(818) 354-5148 (FAX)
Entry Author: MAJOR, GENE R.
Hughes STX
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Greenbelt, MD 20770
USA
Electronic Mail: INTERNET> MAJOR@NSSDCA.GSFC.NASA.GOV
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Phone: (301) 441-4199
Information in this entry provided by JPL
Farmer, C.B., O.F.Raper, F.G.O'Callaghan, 'Final report on the First
Flight of the ATMOS Instrument During the Spacelab 3 Mission, April 29
Through May 6, 1985', JPL Publication 87-32, October 1, 1987.
Farmer, C.B., and R.H.Norton, 'A High-Resolution Atlas of the Infrared
Spectrum of the Sun and the Earth Atmosphere from Space: A Compilation
of ATMOS Spectra of the Region from 650 to 4800 cm^-1 (2.3 to 16 um);
Volume I. The Sun', NASA Reference Publication 1224, Volume I, NASA,
Washington, D.C. 1989. (Avail from NSSDC).
Farmer, C.B., and R.H.Norton, 'A High-Resolution Atlas of the Infrared
Spectrum of the Sun and the Earth Atmosphere from Space: A Compilation
of ATMOS Spectra of the Region from 650 to 4800 cm^-1 (2.3 to 16 um);
Volume II. Stratosphere and Mesosphere, 650 to 3350 cm^-1', NASA Reference
Publication 1224, Volume II, NASA, Washington, D.C. 1989. (Avail from NSSDC).
Park, J.H., R. Zander, C.B.Farmer, C.P.Rinsland, J.M.Russell III,
R.H.Norton, and O.F.Raper, 'Spectroscopic Detection of CH3Cl in the
Upper Troposphere and Lower Stratosphere', Geophys. Res. Letters, Vol.
13, No. 8, pp. 765-768, August 1986.
Raper, O.F., C.B.Farmer, R.Zander, and J.H.Park, 'Infrared
Spectroscopic Measurements of Halogenated Sink and Reservoir Gases in
the Stratosphere With the ATMOS Instrument', J.Geophys.Res., Vol. 92,
No. D8, pp. 9851-9858, August 20, 1987.
Rinsland, C.P., R. Zander, L.R.Brown, C.B.Farmer, J.H.Park,
R.H.Norton, J.M.Russell III, and O.F.Raper, 'Detection of Carbonyl
Fluoride in the Stratosphere', Geophys. Res. Letters, Vol. 12, No. 8,
pp. 769-772, August 1986.
Rinsland, C.P., R.Zander, C.B.Farmer, R.H.Norton, L.R.Brown, J.M.
Russell III, and J.H. Park, ' Evidence for the Presence of the 802.7
cm^-1 Band Q Branch of HO2NO2 in High resolution Solar Absorption
Spectra of the Stratosphere', Geophys. Res. Letters, Vol. 13, No. 8,
pp. 761-764, August 1986.
Rinsland, C.P., R. Zander, C.B.Farmer, R.H. Norton, and J.M. Russell
III, ' Concentrations of Ethane (C2H6) in the Lower Stratosphere and
Upper Troposhpere and Actylene (C2H2) in the Upper Troposphere Deduced
>From Atmopsheric Trace Molecule Spectroscopy/Spacelab 3 Spectra',
J.Geophys.Res., Vol. 92, No. D10, pp. 11,951-11,964, October 20, 1987.
Rinsland, C.P., G.C.Toon, C.B.Farmer, R.H.Norton, and J.S.Namkung,
'Stratospheric N2O5 Profiles at Sunrise and Sunset From Further
Analysis of the ATMOS/Spacelab 3 Solar Spectra', J.Geophys. Res., Vol.
94, No. D15, pp. 18,341-18,349, December 20, 1989.
Rinsland, C.P., M.R.Gunson, R.Zander, and M.Lopez-Puertas, 'Middle and
Upper Atmosphere Pressure-Temperature Profiles and the Abundances of
CO2 and CO in the Upper Atmosphere From ATMOS/Spacelab 3
Observations', J.Geophys.Res., vol. 97, No. D18, pp. 20,479-20,495,
December 20, 1992.
Zander, R., C.P.Rinsland, C.B.Farmer, L.R.Brown, and R.H.Norton,
'Observation of Several Chlorine Nitrate (ClONO2) Bands in
Stratospheric Infrared Spectra', Geophys. Res. Letters, Vol. 13, No.
8, pp. 757-760, August 1986.
Zander,R., C.P.Rinsland, C.B.Farmer and R.H.Norton, ' Infrared
Spectroscopic Measurements of Halogenated Source gases in the
Stratosphere With the ATMOS Instrument', J.Geophys.Res., Vol. 92, No.
D8, pp. 9836-9850, August 20, 1987.
Zander,R., M.R.Gunson, C.B.Farmer, C.P.Rinsland, F.W.Irion, and
E.Mahieu, 'The 1985 Chlorine and Fluorine Inventories in the
Stratosphere Based on ATMOS Observations at 30 North Latitude', J.
Atmos. Chem, 15, pp. 171-186, 1992.
1. Data Center: NSSDC>National Space Science Data Center, NASA
2. Source: SPACE SHUTTLES, STS 51B>Space Shuttles, STS-51B