Stratospheric-trace-gas-profile retrievals from balloon-borne limb imaging of mid-infrared emission spectra

Runge, Ethan; Langille, Jeff; Zawada, Daniel; Bourassa, Adam; Degenstein, Doug

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-3123-2023

Articles | Volume 16, issue 12

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-3123-2023

© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-3123-2023

© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 12

Research article

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26 Jun 2023

Research article |

| 26 Jun 2023

Stratospheric-trace-gas-profile retrievals from balloon-borne limb imaging of mid-infrared emission spectra

Ethan Runge, Jeff Langille, Daniel Zawada, Adam Bourassa, and Doug Degenstein

Data sets

Spectral data used in "Stratospheric-trace-gas-profile retrievals from balloon-borne limb imaging of mid-infrared emission spectra" Ethan Runge, Jeff Langille, Daniel Zawada, Adam Bourassa, and Doug Degenstein https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8061648

Short summary

The Limb Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer Experiment (LIFE) instrument takes vertical images of limb radiance across a wide mid-infrared spectral band from a stratospheric balloon. Measurements are used to infer vertical-trace-gas-profile retrievals of H₂O, O₃, HNO₃, CH₄, and N₂O. Nearly time-/space-coincident observations from the Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment Fourier Transform Spectrometer (ACE-FTS) and Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) instruments are compared to the LIFE results.