JEM/SMILES observation capability
Paper in proceeding, 2009

A new generation of sub-millimeter-wave receivers employing sensitive SIS (Superconductor-Insulator- Superconductor) detector technology will provide new opportunities for precise passive remote sensing observation of minor constituents in atmosphere. Superconducting Submillimeter-Wave Limb-Emission Sounder (SMILES) was designed to be onbord the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) on the International Space Station (ISS) as a collaboration project of National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). SMILES scheduled to be launch in September 11, 2009 by the H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV). Mission Objectives are: i) Space demonstration of superconductive mixer and 4-K mechanical cooler for the submillimeter limb emission sounding, and ii) global observations of atmospheric minor constituents. JEM/SMILES will allow to observe the atmospheric species such as O3, H35Cl, H37 Cl, ClO, BrO, HOCl, HO2, and HNO3, CH3CN, and Ozone isotope species with the precisions in a few to several tens percents from upper troposphere to the mesosphere. We have estimated the observation capabilities of JEM/SMILES. This new technology may allow us to open new issues in atmospheric science.

Climate change

Sounder

Emission

Atmospheric composition

Submillimeter-wave

Limb observation

Stratosphere

Author

Y. Kasai

Japan National Institute of Information and Communications Technology

P. Baron

Japan National Institute of Information and Communications Technology

S. Ochiai

Japan National Institute of Information and Communications Technology

J. Mendrok

Japan National Institute of Information and Communications Technology

Joachim Urban

Chalmers, Department of Radio and Space Science, Global Environmental Measurements and Modelling

Donal Murtagh

Chalmers, Department of Radio and Space Science, Global Environmental Measurements and Modelling

Joakim Möller

Chalmers, Department of Radio and Space Science, Global Environmental Measurements and Modelling

T. Manabe

Osaka Prefecture University

K. Kikuchi

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

T. Nishibori

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

0277786X (ISSN) 1996756X (eISSN)

Vol. 7474 74740S
978-081947779-8 (ISBN)

Subject Categories

Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering

DOI

10.1117/12.830825

ISBN

978-081947779-8

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