A highly miniaturized satellite payload based on a spatial heterodyne spectrometer for atmospheric temperature measurements in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere

Kaufmann, Martin; Olschewski, Friedhelm; Mantel, Klaus; Solheim, Brian; Shepherd, Gordon; Deiml, Michael; Liu, Jilin; Song, Rui; Chen, Qiuyu; Wroblowski, Oliver; Wei, Daikang; Zhu, Yajun; Wagner, Friedrich; Loosen, Florian; Froehlich, Denis; Neubert, Tom; Rongen, Heinz; Knieling, Peter; Toumpas, Panos; Shan, Jinjun; Tang, Geshi; Koppmann, Ralf; Riese, Martin

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-3861-2018

Articles | Volume 11, issue 7

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-3861-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-3861-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 11, issue 7

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02 Jul 2018

Research article |

| 02 Jul 2018

A highly miniaturized satellite payload based on a spatial heterodyne spectrometer for atmospheric temperature measurements in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere

Martin Kaufmann, Friedhelm Olschewski, Klaus Mantel, Brian Solheim, Gordon Shepherd, Michael Deiml, Jilin Liu, Rui Song, Qiuyu Chen, Oliver Wroblowski, Daikang Wei, Yajun Zhu, Friedrich Wagner, Florian Loosen, Denis Froehlich, Tom Neubert, Heinz Rongen, Peter Knieling, Panos Toumpas, Jinjun Shan, Geshi Tang, Ralf Koppmann, and Martin Riese

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RC1: 'Review of amt-2017-437', Anonymous Referee #1, 05 Feb 2018
- AC1: 'Reply to the reviewers’ comments: Reviewer #1', Martin Kaufmann, 27 Apr 2018
RC2: 'Paper review', Anonymous Referee #2, 19 Feb 2018
- AC2: 'Reply to the reviewers’ comments: Reviewer #2', Martin Kaufmann, 27 Apr 2018

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AR by Martin Kaufmann on behalf of the Authors (27 Apr 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (15 May 2018) by Markus Rapp

Short summary

The concept and optical layout of a limb sounder using a spatial heterodyne spectrometer is presented. The instrument fits onto a nano-satellite platform, such as a CubeSat. It is designed for the derivation of temperatures in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere. The design parameters of the optics and a radiometric assessment of the instrument as well as the main characterization and calibration steps are discussed.