TY - GEN
T1 - A balloon-borne 620-650 GHz SIS receiver for atmospheric observations
AU - Irimajiri, Yoshihisa
AU - Manabe, Takeshi
AU - Ochiai, Satoshi
AU - Masuko, Harunobu
AU - Yamagami, Takamasa
AU - Saito, Yoshitaka
AU - Izutsu, Naoki
AU - Kawasaki, Tomomi
AU - Namiki, Michiyoshi
AU - Sato, Kaoru
AU - Murata, Isao
PY - 2005/12/1
Y1 - 2005/12/1
N2 - We have developed a balloon-borne superconducting submillimeter-wave limb-emission sounder (BSMILES) to determine vertical profiles of stratospheric minor constituents like ozone and a number of key species related to ozone destruction by observing thermal emission lines from these molecules. BSMILES carries a 624-652 GHz superconductor-insulator-superconductor (SIS) receiver with the system noise temperature of 330-460 K in double sideband (DSB) during the flight. BSMILES flight experiments were conducted on August 30, 2003 and September 7, 2004 from the Pacific Coast of Japan. The system operated properly and spectra of O3, CIO, HCl, HO2, O3 isotopes were successfully measured. After the observation, the gondola splashed down in the Pacific Ocean and was retrieved.
AB - We have developed a balloon-borne superconducting submillimeter-wave limb-emission sounder (BSMILES) to determine vertical profiles of stratospheric minor constituents like ozone and a number of key species related to ozone destruction by observing thermal emission lines from these molecules. BSMILES carries a 624-652 GHz superconductor-insulator-superconductor (SIS) receiver with the system noise temperature of 330-460 K in double sideband (DSB) during the flight. BSMILES flight experiments were conducted on August 30, 2003 and September 7, 2004 from the Pacific Coast of Japan. The system operated properly and spectra of O3, CIO, HCl, HO2, O3 isotopes were successfully measured. After the observation, the gondola splashed down in the Pacific Ocean and was retrieved.
KW - Atmospheric observation
KW - Balloon application
KW - SIS mixer
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U2 - 10.1109/IGARSS.2005.1526196
DO - 10.1109/IGARSS.2005.1526196
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:33745713898
SN - 0780390504
SN - 9780780390508
T3 - International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)
SP - 412
EP - 415
BT - 25th Anniversary IGARSS 2005
T2 - 2005 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2005
Y2 - 25 July 2005 through 29 July 2005
ER -