Measurements and Applications
Day and night wind measurements between 80 and 300 km altitude. Measures atmospheric temperature and concentration of emitting species.
Full Name
WINDII
Status
No longer operational
Instrument Agencies
Maturity
Instrument Type
Atmospheric chemistry
Geometry
Side-looking
Instrument Technology
Limb-scanning SW spectrometer
Sampling
Imaging
VIS (~0.40 µm - ~0.75 µm) |
NIR (~0.75 µm - ~1.3 µm) |
UARS - Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (1991 - 2005) |