title: Performance evaluation of a thermal Doppler Michelson interferometer system.
abstract: The thermal Doppler Michelson interferometer is the primary element of a proposed limb-viewing satellite instrument called SWIFT (Stratospheric Wind Interferometer for Transport studies). SWIFT is intended to measure stratospheric wind velocities in the altitude range of 15-45 km. SWIFT also uses narrowband tandem etalon filters made of germanium to select a line out of the thermal spectrum. The instrument uses the same technique of phase-stepping interferometry employed by the Wind Imaging Interferometer onboard the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite. A thermal emission line of ozone near 9 microm is used to detect the Doppler shift due to winds. A test bed was set up for this instrument that included the Michelson interferometer and the etalon filters. For the test bed work, we investigate the behavior of individual components and their combination and report the results.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Research in Earth and Space Science, York University, Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3, Canada. rmani@stpl.cress.yorku.ca
authors.forename: Reza
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mani
authors.forename: Steven
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authors.lastname: Dobbie
authors.forename: Alan
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authors.lastname: Scott
authors.forename: Gordon
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authors.lastname: Shepherd
authors.forename: William
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authors.lastname: Gault
authors.forename: Stephen
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