Bibcode
DOI
Beckman, J. E.; Ade, P. A. R.; Huizinga, J. S.; Robson, E. I.; Vickers, D. G.
Bibliographical reference
Nature, Volume 237, Issue 5351, pp. 154-157 (1972).
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1972
Journal
Citations
9
Refereed citations
7
Description
A PHASE-MODULATED Michelson interferometer1 and a helium
cooled Rollin2 photoconductive far infrared detector, at the
focus of a 35 cm aperture Cassegrain telescope, were flown at a height
of 12.1 km from the Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough, in a
Comet 2E aircraft, on November 11, 12 and 16, 1971. The emission
spectrum of the stratosphere was obtained in the wavenumber range from
36 cm-1 to 5 cm-1 (wavelengths 280 µm to 2
mm)3. Here we describe an analysis of a portion of this
spectrum for features produced by sources outside the Earth's
atmosphere.