Probing the Atmospheric Precipitable Water Vapor with SOFIA, Part I, Measurements of the Water Vapor Overburden with FIFI-LS
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Abstract We report on the measurements of telluric water vapor made with instrument FIFI-LS SOFIA. Since November 2018, has measured overburden same measurement setup each science flight about 10 data points throughout flight. This created a large sample 469 at different locations, altitudes and seasons. The paper describes principle in detail provides some trend analysis 3 parameters. presents first systematic SOFIA based situ observations.
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عنوان ژورنال: Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['0004-6280', '1538-3873']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1538-3873/abf1ca