GreenHouse gas Observations of the Stratosphere and Troposphere (GHOST): an airborne shortwave-infrared spectrometer for remote sensing of greenhouse gases

Humpage, Neil; Boesch, Hartmut; Palmer, Paul I.; Vick, Andy; Parr-Burman, Phil; Wells, Martyn; Pearson, David; Strachan, Jonathan; Bezawada, Naidu

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-5199-2018

Articles | Volume 11, issue 9

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-5199-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-5199-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 11, issue 9

Research article

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12 Sep 2018

Research article |

| 12 Sep 2018

GreenHouse gas Observations of the Stratosphere and Troposphere (GHOST): an airborne shortwave-infrared spectrometer for remote sensing of greenhouse gases

Neil Humpage, Hartmut Boesch, Paul I. Palmer, Andy Vick, Phil Parr-Burman, Martyn Wells, David Pearson, Jonathan Strachan, and Naidu Bezawada

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RC1: 'referee comment for amt-2017-474', Anonymous Referee #1, 22 May 2018
- AC1: 'Author response to 'Referee comment for amt-2017-474' by Anonymous Referee #1', Neil Humpage, 30 Jul 2018
RC2: 'Review of manuscript AMP 2017-474', Anonymous Referee #2, 23 May 2018
- AC2: 'Author response to 'Review of manuscript AMT 2017-474' by Anonymous Referee #2', Neil Humpage, 31 Jul 2018
AC1: 'Author response to 'Referee comment for amt-2017-474' by Anonymous Referee #1', Neil Humpage, 30 Jul 2018
AC2: 'Author response to 'Review of manuscript AMT 2017-474' by Anonymous Referee #2', Neil Humpage, 31 Jul 2018
EC1: 'Editor Comment', Ulrich Platt, 02 Aug 2018

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Short summary

We present an overview of the GreenHouse gas Observations of the Stratosphere and Troposphere (GHOST) instrument, a novel shortwave infrared grating spectrometer designed for remote sensing of total column greenhouse gas concentrations from an aircraft. Using laboratory measurements we show that the GHOST design is able to achieve its science objectives. We conclude by describing GHOST's maiden flights on board the NASA Global Hawk UAV during CAST/ATTREX and show some of the initial results.