The Submillimeter Limb Sounder (SLS) was a passive heterodyne radiometer designed for high-altitude balloons and aircraft. It measured thermal emission spectra at 640 GHz to detect chlorine monoxide (ClO), hydrogen chloride (HCl), and ozone (O3), and at 604 GHz to detect nitric acid (HNO3) and nitrous oxide (N2O). It had a field of view of 0.3 degrees, yielding a vertical resolution of 1.5 km at an altitude of 25 km. SLS completed a full scan in approximately 300 seconds.
Instrument Details
- Spectrometer/Radiometer
- Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric ChemistryEarth Science > Spectral/engineering > Infrared Wavelengths > Thermal InfraredEarth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Chemistry > Oxygen Compounds > OzoneEarth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Chemistry > Halocarbons And Halogens > Chlorine MonoxideEarth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Chemistry > Nitrogen Compounds > Nitric AcidEarth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Chemistry > Nitrogen Compounds > Nitrous OxideEarth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Chemistry > Halocarbons And Halogens > Hydrogen Chloride
- Troposphere
- 300 s
- 1.5 km
- 640 GHz, 604 GHz
- Currently unavailable
Robert Stachnik
Robert Stachnik
JPL
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