Preliminary application of stellar occultation in the near-space

Sun Mingchen; Tu Cui; Hu Xiong; Gong Xiaoyan; Guo Wenjie

doi:10.3788/IRLA201948.0909001

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Sun Mingchen, Tu Cui, Hu Xiong, Gong Xiaoyan, Guo Wenjie. Preliminary application of stellar occultation in the near-space[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2019, 48(9): 909001-0909001(9). doi: 10.3788/IRLA201948.0909001

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Sun Mingchen, Tu Cui, Hu Xiong, Gong Xiaoyan, Guo Wenjie. Preliminary application of stellar occultation in the near-space[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2019, 48(9): 909001-0909001(9). doi: 10.3788/IRLA201948.0909001

Preliminary application of stellar occultation in the near-space

doi: 10.3788/IRLA201948.0909001

1.
National Space Science Center,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100190,China;
2.
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100049,China

Received Date: 2019-05-05
Rev Recd Date: 2019-06-03
Publish Date: 2019-09-25

Abstract

Atmospheric stellar occultation technology can detect information about the density of various trace components and atmospheric temperature and so on in the planetary atmosphere. The above parameters were obtained by using the atmospheric transmittance. An occultation model was established based on the principle of stellar occultation. The spectral absorption characteristics of gas molecules were analyzed, and then transmittance of various atmospheric components were obtained through simulating how it worked by model. The atmospheric component density was obtained by inversion of atmospheric transmittance and this model was verified through the comparison of MSISE-00. The results of the two were in good agreement. Furthermore, the signal-to-noise ratio and relative error of the spectrum were estimated, and signal-to-noise ratio and relative error about different stars were discussed, and then the range of magnitude of the target stars was given. The preliminary results show that the target stars in the range of -1.45-3.55 is used as the light source for detection, the signal-to-noise ratio is above 100, and the relative error of measurement is as low as 1%. The results of this paper provide preliminary theoretical guidance for the development of stellar occultation detection in the near-space of the Earth and other planetary.
- stellar occultation,
- signal to noise ratio,
- target stars

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[2]	Hays P B, Roble R G. Stellar occultation measurements of molecular oxygen in the lower thermosphere[J]. Planetary and Space Science, 1973, 21(3):339-348.
[3]	Riegle G R, Atreya S K, Donahue T M, et al. UV stellar occultation measurements of nighttime equatorial ozone[J]. Geophysical Research Letters, 1977, 4(4):145-148.
[4]	Festou M C, Atreya S K, Donahue T M, et al. Composition and thermal profiles of the Jovian upper atmosphere determined by the Voyager Ultraviolet Stellar Occultation Experiment[J]. Journal of Geophysical Research, 1981, 86(A7):5715-5725.
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[14]	Liu Chuanxi, Liu Yi, Zhang Yuli. Simulation of the Madden-Julian oscillation in wintertime stratospheric ozone over the Tibetan Plateau and East Asia:Results from the specified dynamics version of the whole atmosphere community climate model[J]. Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters, 2015, 8(5):264-270.
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[19]	Zong Pengfei. Algorithm analysis of oxygen a absorption band transmission based on line-by-line integration[D]. Taiyuan:School of Physics, North University of China, 2013. (in Chinese)
[20]	Zhang Yu, Liu Bingqi, Wei Heli, et al. Study on cloudless sky background radiation characteristic in passive ranging based on oxygen spectral absorption[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2015, 44(1):298-304. (in Chinese)
[21]	An Yongquan, Wang Zhibin, Li Jinhua, et al. Research on single station passive based on O2 absorption characteristics[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2015, 44(1):310-316. (in Chinese)

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Preliminary application of stellar occultation in the near-space

1. National Space Science Center,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100190,China;

2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100049,China

Received Date: 2019-05-05

Rev Recd Date: 2019-06-03

Publish Date: 2019-09-25

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Abstract: Atmospheric stellar occultation technology can detect information about the density of various trace components and atmospheric temperature and so on in the planetary atmosphere. The above parameters were obtained by using the atmospheric transmittance. An occultation model was established based on the principle of stellar occultation. The spectral absorption characteristics of gas molecules were analyzed, and then transmittance of various atmospheric components were obtained through simulating how it worked by model. The atmospheric component density was obtained by inversion of atmospheric transmittance and this model was verified through the comparison of MSISE-00. The results of the two were in good agreement. Furthermore, the signal-to-noise ratio and relative error of the spectrum were estimated, and signal-to-noise ratio and relative error about different stars were discussed, and then the range of magnitude of the target stars was given. The preliminary results show that the target stars in the range of -1.45-3.55 is used as the light source for detection, the signal-to-noise ratio is above 100, and the relative error of measurement is as low as 1%. The results of this paper provide preliminary theoretical guidance for the development of stellar occultation detection in the near-space of the Earth and other planetary.

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[1]	Hay P B, Roble R G, Shah A N. Terrestrial atmospheric composition from stellar occultations. NASA, Washington[J]. The Sci Results from the Orbiting Astron Obs(OAO-2),1972, 176(4036):793-794.
[2]	Hays P B, Roble R G. Stellar occultation measurements of molecular oxygen in the lower thermosphere[J]. Planetary and Space Science, 1973, 21(3):339-348.
[3]	Riegle G R, Atreya S K, Donahue T M, et al. UV stellar occultation measurements of nighttime equatorial ozone[J]. Geophysical Research Letters, 1977, 4(4):145-148.
[4]	Festou M C, Atreya S K, Donahue T M, et al. Composition and thermal profiles of the Jovian upper atmosphere determined by the Voyager Ultraviolet Stellar Occultation Experiment[J]. Journal of Geophysical Research, 1981, 86(A7):5715-5725.
[5]	Swartz W H, Yee J H, Vervack R J, et al. Photochemical ozone loss in the Arctic as determined by MSX/UVISI stellar occultation observations during the 1999/2000 winter[J]. Journal of Geophysical Research, 2002, 217(D20):39-1-39-10.
[6]	Kyrl E, Tamminen J, Leppelmeier G W, et al. GOMOS on Envisat:An overview[J]. Advances in Space Research, 2004, 33(7):1020-1028.
[7]	Bertaux J L, Kyrola E, Fussen D, et al. Global ozone monitoring by occultation of stars:An overview of GOMOS measurements on ENVISAT[J]. Atmos Chem Phys, 2010, 10(24):12091-12148.
[8]	William E M, Nicholas M S, Gregory M H, et al. The Imaging Ultraviolet Spectrograph (IUVS) for the MAVEN mission[J]. Space Science Reviews, 2014, 195(1-4):75-124.
[9]	Que'merais E, Bertaux J L, Korablev O, et al. Stellar occultations observed by SPICAM on Mars Express[J]. Journal of Geophysical Research, 2006, 111(E9):doi10.1029/2005JE002604..
[10]	Francois F, Frank M, Jean-Loup B, et al. Density and temperatures of the upper atmosphere measured by stellar occultations with Mars Express SPICAM[J]. Journal of Geophysical Research, 2009, 114(E1):doi.org/10.1029/2008JE003086.
[11]	Bertaux J L, Nevejans D, Korablev O, et al. SPICAV on venus express:Three spectrometers to study the global structure and composition of the Venus atmosphere[J]. Planetary and Space Science, 2007, 55(12):1673-1700.
[12]	Liu Yi, Lu Chunhui, Wang Yong, et al. The quasi-biennial and semi-annual oscillation features of tropical O3, NO2, and NO3 revealed by GOMOS satellite observations for 2002-2008[J]. Chinese Science Bulletin, 2011, 56(18):1921-1929.
[13]	Liu Yi, Cai Zhaonan, Erkki K. Comparison of ENVISAT GOMOS and MIPAS ozone profiles with balloon sonde measurements from Beijing[C]//Proceedings of the Dragon, 2008:21-25.
[14]	Liu Chuanxi, Liu Yi, Zhang Yuli. Simulation of the Madden-Julian oscillation in wintertime stratospheric ozone over the Tibetan Plateau and East Asia:Results from the specified dynamics version of the whole atmosphere community climate model[J]. Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters, 2015, 8(5):264-270.
[15]	Kyrl E, Blanot L, Tamminen J, et al. GOMOS algorithm theoretical basis document[Z]. Cira Colostate Edu, 2012.
[16]	Bertaux J L, Mgie G, Widemann T, et al. Monitoring of ozone trend by stellar occultations:the GOMOS instrument[J]. Advances in Space Research, 1991, 11(3):237-3242.
[17]	Berk A, Bernstein L S, Robertson D C. MODTRAN:A moderate resolution model for LOWTRAN[R]. US:Air Force Geophysical Laboratory Technical Rep, 1989.
[18]	Rao Ruizhong. Modern Atmospheric Optics[M]. Beijing:Science Press, 2012. (in Chinese)
[19]	Zong Pengfei. Algorithm analysis of oxygen a absorption band transmission based on line-by-line integration[D]. Taiyuan:School of Physics, North University of China, 2013. (in Chinese)
[20]	Zhang Yu, Liu Bingqi, Wei Heli, et al. Study on cloudless sky background radiation characteristic in passive ranging based on oxygen spectral absorption[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2015, 44(1):298-304. (in Chinese)
[21]	An Yongquan, Wang Zhibin, Li Jinhua, et al. Research on single station passive based on O2 absorption characteristics[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2015, 44(1):310-316. (in Chinese)

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