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Scanning High-Resolution Interferometer Sounder (S-HIS)

Status

Status: 
Operational
Operated By: 
PI
Replaces: 
High Resolution Interferometer Sounder

The Scanning High-resolution Interferometer Sounder (S-HIS) is a scanning interferometer which measures emitted thermal radiation at high spectral resolution between 3.3 and 18 microns The measured emitted radiance is used to obtain temperature and water vapor profiles of the Earth's atmosphere in clear-sky conditions. S-HIS produces sounding data with 2 kilometer resolution (at nadir) across a 40 kilometer ground swath from a nominal altitude of 20 kilometers onboard a NASA ER-2 or Global Hawk.

Instrument Type: 
Interferometer
Measurements: 
Temperature, H2O
Aircraft: 
DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, Global Hawk - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC, Proteus
Recent Missions: 
AEROMMA (DC-8 - AFRC); FIREX-AQ (ER-2 - AFRC); HS3 (Global Hawk - AFRC); TC4 (ER-2 - AFRC); CR-AVE (WB-57 - JSC); AVE Houston 2 (WB-57 - JSC)
Complete mission list:
Point(s) of Contact: 
Hank Revercomb (Co-I), Joe Taylor (POC; PI)