A VDI/DIN guideline for passive FTIR spectrometry is under development. The topics will be: Basics of the techniques: principles for the detection of gaseous clouds and exhaust composition, radiative transfer model, radiative temperature, noise equivalent column density and detection limits; Measurement systems: Fourier transform spectroscopy, Michelson interferometers, measurement configurations, spectrometers with one detector element, scanning systems, scanning imaging systems, spectrometers with a detector array; Calibration: radiometric calibration, system calibration; Remote sensing of gases at ambient temperature: basics, identification of gases, quantifications, application examples; Remote sensing of gases at high temperatures: basics, quantification of gas temperature, quantification of composition, application examples; Remote sensing of gases by means of solar radiation: basics, measurement performance, data analyses, application examples.

Date Published: 11 October 2010
PDF: 7 pages
Proc. SPIE 7827, Remote Sensing of Clouds and the Atmosphere XV, 782710 (11 October 2010); doi: 10.1117/12.866466

Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 7827:
Remote Sensing of Clouds and the Atmosphere XV
Richard H. Picard; Klaus Schäfer; Adolfo Comeron; Michiel van Weele, Editor(s)