| Instrument: SAMS : Stratospheric and Mesospheric Sounder |
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Related Data Sets View all records related to this instrument Description The STRATOSPHERIC AND MESOSPHERIC SOUNDER (SAMS) objective was to observe the limb of the atmosphere through various pressure modulator radiometers in order to measure vertical concentrations of H2O, CH4, CO, and NO; observe resonant scattering of solar radiation in spectral bands H2O, CO2, CO, and NO; measure the temperature of the stratosphere and mesosphere to ~90 kilometers altitude; investigate source function and departure from the thermodynamic equilibrium
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