BackForwardInstrument:  HALOE 

Instrument details
Acronym HALOE
Full name Halogen Occultation Experiment
Purpose Chemistry in the upper atmosphere. Observed species: CH4, H2O, HCl, HF, NO, NO2 and O3
Short description Pressure-modulated correlation spectrometer with eight channels in the range 2.43-10.25 µm. Spectral resolution about 3 nm for SWIR, 5 cm-1 for MWIR and TIR
Background New concept
Scanning Technique Limb sounding by sun occultation. About 28 occultation/day referring to 14 different longitudes
Resolution Vertical: 1.6 km. Horizontal: about 300 km along-view
Coverage / Cycle 28 occultation/day referring to 14 different longitudes. High latitudes
Mass 101 kg Power Data Rate 4 kbps

 

Providing Agency NASA
Instrument Maturity Flown on an R&D satellite
Utilization Period: 1991 to 2005
Last update: 2017-01-17
Detailed characteristics
Satellites this instrument is flying on

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Instrument classification
  • Earth observation instrument
  • Limb sounders
  • Limb sounder
WIGOS Subcomponents
  • Subcomponent 2
  • UV/VIS/NIR/IR/MW limb sounders
  • UV/VIS/NIR/IR occultation limb sounder
Mission objectives
No mission objectives have been defined.
Evaluation of Measurements

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Note: * Primary mission objective.