Abstract: Atmospheric temperature profiles, obtained from spectral radiances of the earth between 2160 and 2360 cm?1 measured by a balloonborne, multi-detector, grating spectrometer at 3.5 mb during a 6-hr flight, are described. ...

Abstract: This paper describes a newly designed Sun and Aureole Measurement (SAM) aureolegraph and the first results obtained with this instrument. SAM measurements of solar aureoles produced by cirrus and cumulus clouds were taken ...