The JPL MkIV interferometer will perform ground-based observations from JPL's Table Mountain Facility (".382N, 117.678W, 2.257 km altitude), to measure atmospheric H2O and O3 as part of a intercomparison exercise involving 8 different instruments. High signal-to-noise ratio solar occultation spectra will be measured throughout the mid-infrared region (650-5650 cm-1) at high spectral resolution (0.008 cm-1) at sunrise or sunset. These spectra will allow the simultaneous retrieval of more than 30 different atmospheric gases including O3 and H2O. More info on the mohave 2009 campaign can be found at http://tmf-lidar.jpl.nasa.gov/campaigns/mohave2009.htm
Returned to JPLi Wed October 28, 2009.
The MkIV instrument is tested by taking ground-based solar spectra through the hangar door.
