A miniaturized satellite payload hosting a spatial heterodyne spectrometer for remote sensing of atmospheric temperature

Kaufmann M, Deiml M, Olschewski F, Mantel K, Wagner F, Loosen F, Fröhlich D, Rongen H, Neubert T, Rottland B, Schneider H, Riese M, Knieling P, Liu J, Song R, Wroblowski O, Chen Q, Koppmann R, Solheim B, Shan J, Shepherd G (2017)

Publication Type: Conference contribution, Conference Contribution

Publication year: 2017

Conference Proceedings Title: Proceeding, 11. IAA Symposium on Small Satellites for Earth Observation

Event location: Berlin

Abstract

In this paper we present a concept study for a highly miniaturized interferometer for the
deployment  on  micro-  and  nano-satellites  to  measure  atmospheric  temperature.  The  selected technology  is  a  Spatial  Heterodyne  Spectrometer  (SHS).  It  is  known  since  1958,  but  its manufacturability  gained  increasing  attention  during  the  last  decade  because  of  improvements  in detector and computer technology. The throughput of a SHS is orders of magnitude larger than of a conventional  grating  spectrometer  of  the  same  size.  It  can  be  designed  to  deliver  extraordinary spectral  resolution  to  resolve  individual  emission  or  absorption  lines,  or  even  Doppler  shifts.  We introduce the SHS technology and an instrument design to measure the ro-vibrational structure of the O2  atmospheric band at 762 nm in limb viewing geometry. Design considerations of a potential SHS spectrometer and of the overall optical system are discussed. Requirements for a potential satellite platform hosting this instrument are presented, in particular in view of the utilization of CubeSats or other  nano-satellite  platforms.  Potential  mission  scenarios  for  three-dimensional  sounding  of   the atmosphere taking advantage of the agility of small satellites are given.

Authors with CRIS profile

Florian Loosen Lehrstuhl für Experimentalphysik (Optik)

Involved external institutions

Bergische Universität Wuppertal DE Germany (DE) Forschungszentrum Jülich / Research Centre Jülich (FZJ) DE Germany (DE) Max-Planck-Institut für die Physik des Lichts (MPL) / Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light DE Germany (DE) York University CA Canada (CA)

How to cite

APA:

Kaufmann, M., Deiml, M., Olschewski, F., Mantel, K., Wagner, F., Loosen, F.,... Shepherd, G. (2017). A miniaturized satellite payload hosting a spatial heterodyne spectrometer for remote sensing of atmospheric temperature. In Proceeding, 11. IAA Symposium on Small Satellites for Earth Observation. Berlin.

MLA:

Kaufmann, Martin, et al. "A miniaturized satellite payload hosting a spatial heterodyne spectrometer for remote sensing of atmospheric temperature." Proceedings of the 11. IAA Symposium on Small Satellites for Earth Observation, Berlin 2017.

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