Brief Description:
This data set is a high resolution atlas of the infrared spectrum of the Sun
and the Earth atmosphere. The spectra are compiled from solar occultation
observations made by the Atmospheric Trace Molecule Spectroscopy (ATMOS)
experiment on Spacelab 3 during a Shuttle mission in 1985. The atlas is
believed to be the first record of continuous high resolution (0.01 cm-1)
infrared spectrum of the Sun and the Earth atmosphere from space. It is
presented in two volumes: The first contains the solar spectra covering the
entire frequency range of the instrument (650 to 4800 cm-1), and the second
covers the atmospheric spectra for tangent altitudes between 23 km and 80 km,
at approximately one-scale-height intervals (8 km), for the frequency range
from 650 to 3380 cm-1.
Availability: As hard copy NASA report. Data from this atlas are available from JPL's anonymous ftp site. Contact e-mail addresses are in the README file.
References:
C. B. Farmer and R. H. Norton, A High Resolution Atlas of the Infrared Spectrum
of the Sun and the Earth Atmosphere from Space, Volume I. The Sun (650 to
4800 cm-1), Volume II. Stratosphere and Mesosphere (650 to 3350 cm-1),
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Reference Publication 1224,
Washington, D.C., 1989.
Go to the Solar and Interplanetary Space Models index Go to the Space Physics Models page
NASA Official: Dr. Robert McGuire, Head of the Space Physics Data Facility