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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-2023-74
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-2023-74
17 Apr 2023
 | 17 Apr 2023
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Observation of horizontal temperature variations by a spatial heterodyne interferometer using single-sided interferograms

Konstantin Franz Fotios Ntokas, Jörn Ungermann, Martin Kaufmann, Tom Neubert, and Martin Riese

Abstract. Analyses of the mesosphere and lower thermosphere suffer from a lack of global measurements. This is problematic because this region has a complex dynamic structure, with gravity waves playing an important role. A limb sounding spatial heterodyne interferometer (SHI) was developed to obtain atmospheric temperature retrieved from the O2 A-band emission, which can be used to derive gravity wave parameters in this region. The 2-D spatial distribution of the atmospheric scene is captured by a focal plane array. The SHI superimposes the spectral information onto the horizontal axis across the line-of-sight (LOS). In the usual case, the instrument exploits the horizontal axis to obtain spectral information and uses the vertical axis to get spatial information, i.e. temperature observations at the corresponding tangent points. This results in a finely resolved 1-D vertical atmospheric temperature profile. However, this method does not make use of the horizontal across LOS information contained in the data.

In this manuscript a new processing method is investigated, which uses single-sided interferograms to gain horizontal across LOS information of the observed temperature field. Hereby, the interferogram is split and each side is mirrored at the center of the horizontal axis. Each side can then be used to retrieve an individual 1-D temperature profile. The location of the two retrieved temperature profiles is analysed using prescribed horizontal temperature variations, as it is needed for deriving wave parameters. We show that it is feasible to derive two independent temperature profiles, which however will increase the requirements of an accurate calibration and processing.

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A nano-satellite was developed to obtain 1-D vertical temperature profiles in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere, which can be used to derive wave parameters needed for atmospheric models. A new processing method is shown, which allows to extract two 1-D temperature profiles. The location of the two profiles is analyzed, as it is needed for deriving wave parameters. We show that this method is feasible, which however will increase the requirements of an accurate calibration and processing.