DLR Institute of Space Research’s Post

New paper out on the feasibility of a space-borne terahertz heterodyne spectrometer! Peder Hansen and Martin Wienold from the department of Terahertz and Laser Spectroscopy studied the feasibility of measuring atomic oxygen in the upper atmosphere. In the paper, simulations are performed for a satellite mission observing the 2.1 THz and 4.7 THz atomic oxygen fine-structure transitions to retrieve upper atmospheric temperature and atomic oxygen concentrations. The results are published in the journal: EGU Atmospheric Measurement Techniques. More details can be found here: https://lnkd.in/eU7YvjuX #engineering #space #sensing #climate