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The Solar Occultation For Ice Experiment (SOFIE)
Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document
Larry L. Gordleya, Mark Herviga, Chad Fishb, James Russell IIIc, James Cookb, Scott Hansonb, Andrew Shumwayb, Scott Baileyd, Greg Paxtona, Lance Deavera, Tom Marshalla, John Burtona, Brian Magilla, Chris Browna, Earl Thompsona, and John Kempb
aGATS Inc., Newport News, VA, 23606, USA.
bSpace Dynamics Laboratory, Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA.
cHampton University, Hampton, VA, 23668, USA.
dVirginia Technical Institute, Blacksburg, VA, 24061, USA.
Abstract. The Solar Occultation For Ice Experiment (SOFIE) was launched onboard the Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere (AIM) satellite on 25 April 2007, and began science observations on 14 May 2007. SOFIE conducts solar occultation measurements in 16 spectral bands that are used to retrieve vertical profiles of temperature, O3, H2O, CO2, CH4, NO, and polar mesospheric cloud (PMC) extinction at wavelengths from to mm. SOFIE performs 15 sunset measurements at latitudes from 65° - 85°S and 15 sunrise measurements at latitudes from 65° - 85°N each day. This work describes the SOFIE instrument, measurement approach, and retrieval results. SOFIE measurement/retrieval performance is discussed for observations from the northern summer of 2007.
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Version , February 7, 2008
Table of Contents
. Introduction
. Purpose
. Scope
. Experiment Objectives
. Measurement Approach
. PMC Extinction Retrieval
. Measurement Geometry
. Instrument Description
. Optical Design
. Signal Conditioning Electronics
. Sun Sensor
. Instrument Calibration and Performance
. Noise and Background
. Response Linearity
. Field of View
. Spectral Response
. Time Response
. Sun Sensor
. In-orbit Calibration
. Data Processing / Measurement Inversion
. Level 1
. Level 2
. In-Orbit Performance
. Retrieval resul