Species Detectable by MIPAS


hcn Profiles and Spectrum

Modified: 13-FEB-02 VP


The plot below shows five standard hcn profiles, up to 50km.

hcn profiles

This next plot shows simulated limb emission spectra for hcn, at three different tangent heights. The black spectrum is for a tangent height of 10km, the green for 20km, and the blue for 30km. The dotted red lines represent the noise levels in each of the five MIPAS bands.

hcnlimb emission spectra


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