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Instrument Overview
The Scanning High-resolution Interferometer Sounder (S-HIS) is a cross track scanning airborne interferometer which measures emitted thermal radiation at high spectral resolution between 3.3 and 18 microns (specifications). The measured emitted radiance is used to obtain temperature and water vapor profiles of the Earth's atmosphere, and to validate satellite performance. The S-HIS instrument flies on a number of aircraft platforms including the NASA ER-2, the NASA DC-8, the Scaled Composites Proteus, and the NASA WB-57. On the Proteus and WB-57 aircraft, an upward (zenith) view is available, providing a means for calibration verification and upper atmosphere studies.
The scene mirror allows the instrument to image using cross-track scanning. It executes a sequence consisting of multiple views of the earth, an uplooking view (when available), and two calibration sources, one at ambient and another controlled to a fixed temperature (typically 310 K). The S-HIS field of view is 100 milliradians, providing a spatial resolution of 2 kilometers (at nadir) across a 40 kilometer ground swath from a nominal altitude of 20 kilometers (typical ER-2 and WB-57 cruise altitude).
The S-HIS calibration techniques achieve the high radiometric accuracy needed for atmospheric state retrieval, satellite cal-val, and spectroscopic applications.
Instrument Diagrams (NCC)
- S-HIS Heater Circuits Diagram (gif)
- S-HIS Heater Circuits Diagram (eps)
- S-HIS Interferometer Box Diagram (gif)
- S-HIS Interferometer Box Diagram (eps)
S-HIS Photos
S-HIS Engineering Plots
S-HIS Field Programs
- AVE-OCT04(Oct-Nov 2004)
- M-PACE 2004(Oct 2004)
- EAQUATE 2004(Sept 2004)
- ADRIEX 2004(Sept 2004)
- INTEX 2004(July 2004)
- THORpex Atlantic (Nov - Dec 2003)
- THORpex Pacific (Feb - Mar 2003)
- TX-2002 (Nov - Dec 2002)
- UAV-SGP (Oct - Nov 2002)
- IHOP (May - Jun 2002)
- CLAMS (Jul - Aug 2001)
- TX-2001 (Mar - Apr 2001)
- AFWEX (Nov - Dec 2000)
- Safari 2000 (Aug - Oct 2000)
- KWAJEX (Jul - Aug 1999)
- WINTEX (Mar 1999)
- CAMEX (Aug - Sep 1998)
Presentations and Publications
| Document | Version | Date |
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Joe Taylor et al, Scanning High-resolution Inteferometer Sounder (S-HIS) Calibration and Earth Observing System (EOS) Validation,
Seventh Workshop on Infrared Emission Measurements by FTIR (ppt, 4.9 MB) |
N/A | 04 Feb 2004 |
Task List
S-HIS Logos
- Full size (gif)
- Full size (pdf)
- 800 x 713 pixels (gif)
- 640 x 570 pixels (gif)
- 320 x 285 pixels (gif)
Imager Subsystem(s)
- Visible (Under construction)
- IR (Under construction)
NESR(t) Analysis
- Under construction
Raw Interferogram Storage
- Under construction
