ISAMS References

Some pointers to additional information about the ISAMS Data.

The Instrument

The Principal Reference for the ISAMS instrument is:

• Taylor, F.W., C. D. Rodgers, J.G. Whitney, S.T.Werrett, J.J. Barnett, G.D. Peskett, P. Venters, J. Ballard, C.W.P. Palmer, R.J. Knight, P. Morris, T. Nightingale, A. Dudhia, Remote Sensing of Atmospheric Structure and Composition by Pressure Modulator Radiometry from Space: The ISAMS Experiment on UARS, J.Geophys.Res., 98, p10, 799-10814, 1993.

Papers using the ISAMS data

• Ballard, J., B.J. Kerridge, P.E. Morris, and F.W. Taylor, Observations of v=1-0 Emission From Thermospheric Nitric Oxide by ISAMS, Geophys. Res. Lett., 20, p1311-1314, 1993.
• Ballard, J., B.J. Kerridge, and F.W. Taylor, Preliminary Results from the ISAMS NO Channel: Thermospheric Radiances, Proceedings of the Quadrennial International Ozone Symosium 1992, NASA Conference Publication 3266, p459-463, 1994.
• Ballard J., C.W.P. Palmer, P.E. Morris, J. Nightingale, J. Firth, R.J. Knight, P. Venters, R.J. Wells and J.G. Whitney. Calibration of the Improved Stratospheric and Mesospheric Sounder I: Introduction, Spectral and Radiometric Calibration. J. Atmos. and Ocean. Tech., 4, pp 810-831,. 1996
• Barnett,J.J., Morris,P.E., Nightingale,T.J., Palmer,C.W.P., Peskett,G.D.,Rodgers,C.D., Taylor,F.W., Venters,P., Wells,R.J., Whitney,J.G., Ballard,J.,Knight,.J ., The Improved Stratospheric and Mesospheric Sounder on the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite, SPIE Vol 1715 Optical Methods in Atmospheric Chemistry, p.527, 1992.
• Connor, B. J. and C. D. Rodgers, A Comparison of Retrieval Methods: Optimal Estimation, Onion Peeling, and a Combination of the Two, Advances in Remote Sensing Retrieval Methods 1988, p 271-281, Ed A. Deepak. A. Deepak Publishing, 1988.
• Connor, B.J., C. Scheuer, A. Chu, J.J. Remedios, C. Marks, C.D. Rodgers and F.W. Taylor., Validation of ISAMS Measurements of Ozone, Proceedings of the Quadrennial International Ozone Symosium 1992, NASA Conference Publication 3266, p452-454, 1994.
• Connor B.J, C.J. Scheuer, J.J. Remedios, C.J. Marks, A.D. Chu, C.D. Rodgers, F.W. Taylor, J.M. Russell III, and R.R. Ghent, `Validation of ISAMS Measurements of O3 and HNO3', 29th Plenary Meeting of the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR), World Space Congress, Washington D.C., September 1992.
• Connor, B.J., C.J. Scheuer, D.A. Chu, J.J. Remedios, R.G. Grainger, C.D. Rodgers and F.W. Taylor, Ozone in the Middle Atmosphere as Measured by the Improved Stratospheric and Mesospheric Sounder, J.Geophys.Res., 101, p9831-9842, 1996.
• Dudhia, A., S.E. Smith, A.R. Wood, and F.W. Taylor, Diurnal and Semi-Diurnal Temperature Variability of the Middle Atmosphere as Observed by ISAMS, Geophys. Res. Lett., 20, p1251-1254, 1993.
• Dudhia, A., N.J. Livesey and F.W. Taylor, Validation of ISAMS Retrievals of Atmospheric Temperature and Pressure, Adv.Space.Res., 14,p(9)237-(9)241, 1994.
• Dudhia, A. and N.J. Livesey, Validation of Temperature Measurements from the Improved Stratospheric And Mesospheric Sounder, J.Geophys.Res., 101, p9795-9810 1996.
• Edwards, D.P., M. Lopez-Puertas, and M.A. Lopez-Valverde, Non-local Thermodynamic Equilibrium Studies of the 15um Bands of CO2 for Atmospheric Remote Sensing, J. Geophys. Res., 98, 14955-14977, 1993.
• Eluszkiewicz, J., D. Crisp, R. Zurek, L. Elson, E. Fishbein, L. Froidevaux, J. Waters, R.G. Grainger, A. Lambert, R. Harwood, and G. Peckham, Residual circulation in the stratosphere and lower mesosphere as diagnosed from Microwave Limb Sounder data, J.Atmos.Sci., 53, 217-240, 1996.
• Goss-Custard, M., Measurements of atmospheric water vapour by ISAMS, D. Phil. thesis, University of Oxford, 1994.
• Goss-Custard, M., J.J. Remedios, A. Lambert, F.W. Taylor, C.D. Rodgers, M. Lopez-Puertas, G. Zaragoza, M.R. Gunson, M.R. Suttie, J.E. Harries and J.M. Russell III, Measurements of Water Vapour Distributions from the Improved Stratospheric And Mesospheric Sounder: Retrieval and Validation, J.Geophys.Res., 101,p9907-9928, 1996
• Grainger R.G., A. Lambert, F.W. Taylor, J.J. Remedios, C.D. Rodgers, M. Corney, and B.J. Kerridge, Infrared Absorption by Volcanic Stratospheric Aerosols Observed by ISAMS, Geophys.Res.Lett., 20, p1283-1286, 1993.
• Grainger R.G., A. Lambert, C.D. Rodgers, F.W. Taylor and T. Deshler, Stratospheric aerosol effective radius, surface area and volume estimated from infrared measurements, J.Geophys.Res., 100, p16,507-16,518, 1995.
• Grainger, R. G., A. Lambert, C. D. Rodgers and F. W. Taylor, Properties of the Mt. Pinatubo aerosol cloud determined from ISAMS measurements at 12.1um, in The Effects of the Mt. Pinatubo Eruption on the Atmosphere and Climate, Ed. G. Fiocco, D. Fua' and G. Visconti, NATO ASI Subseries `Global Environmental Change', Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1995.
• Grant, W. B., E. V. Browell, C. S. Long, L. L. Stowe, R. G. Grainger, and A. Lambert, Use of aerosols resulting from volcanic eruptions to study the tropical stratospheric reservoir, its boundary, and transport to northern latitudes, J.Geophys.Res., 101, p3973-3988, 1996
• Gray, P.F. Design and performance of the optical system for ISAMS. SPIE: Vol 589 Instrumentation for Optical Remote Sensing from Space , p 89-95, (Seeley, J.S, Lear, J.W., Monfils, A., and Russak, S.L., eds). SPIE, Bellingham, Wash., USA, 1985
• Keckhut, P., Gelman, M.E., Wild, J.D., Tissot, F., Miller, A.J., Hauchecorne, A., Chanin, M.-L., Fishbein, E.F., Gille, J., Russell, J.M. III, Taylor, F.W., Semidiurnal and diurnal temperature tides (30-55 km): Climatology and effect on UARS-LIDAR data comparisons, J.Geophys.Res., 101, p10,299-10,310, 1996
• Kerridge B.J., J. Ballard, R.J. Knight, A.D. Stevens, W.J. Reburn, P. Morris, J.J. Remedios, and F.W. Taylor, `Measurements of Stratospheric NO, NO2, N2O5 by ISAMS: Preliminary Observations and Data Validation', Proceedings of the Quadrennial International Ozone Symosium 1992, NASA Conference Publication 3266, p439-443, 1994.
• Kerridge B.J., J. Ballard, R.J. Knight, A.D. Stevens, W.J. Reburn, P. Morris, J.J. Remedios, and F.W. Taylor, `Measurements of Stratospheric NO, NO2, N2O5 by ISAMS: Preliminary Observations and Data Validation', 29th Plenary Meeting of the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR), World Space Congress, Washington D.C., September
• Kumer, J.B., Mergenthaler, J.L., Roche, A.E., Nightingale, R.W., Zele, F., Gille, J.C., Massie, S.T., Bailey, P.L., Connell, P.S., Gunson, M.R., Abrams, M.C., Toon, G.C., Sen, B., Blavier, J.-F., Smith, S.E., Taylor, F.W., Comparison of CLAES preliminary N2O5 data with correlative data and a model J.Geophys.Res., 101, p.9657-9678, 1996
• Lambert A., J.J. Remedios, A. Dudhia, M. Corney, B.J. Kerridge, C.D. Rodgers, and F.W. Taylor, ISAMS Observations of Stratospheric Aerosol, Proceedings of the Quadrennial International Ozone Symosium 1992, NASA Conference Publication 3266, p456-458, 1994.
• Lambert A., J.J. Remedios, A. Dudhia, M. Corney, B.J. Kerridge, C.D. Rodgers, and F.W. Taylor, `ISAMS Observations of Stratospheric Aerosol', 29th Plenary Meeting of the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR), World Space Congress, Washington D.C.,September 1992.
• Lambert A., R.G. Grainger, J.J. Remedios, C.D. Rodgers, M. Corney, and F.W. Taylor, Measurements of the Evolution of the Mt. Pinatubo Aerosol Cloud by ISAMS, Geophys.Res.Lett., 20, p1287-1290, 1993.
• Lambert, A., R.G. Grainger, J.J. Remedios, W.J. Reburn, C.D. Rodgers, F.W. Taylor, J.L. Mergenthaler, J.B. Kumer, S.T. Massie and T. Deshler, Validation of Aerosol Measurements by the Improved Stratospheric And Mesospheric Sounder, J.Geophys.Res., 101, p9811-9830, 1996.
• Leblanc, T., A. Hauchecorne, M-L. Chanin, C.D. Rodgers, F.W. Taylor and N.J. Livesey, Mesospheric Temperature Inversions As Seen by ISAMS in December 1991, Geophys.Res.Lett., 22 p1485-1488, 1995
• Livesey, N., Small scale features in atmospheric temperature fields measured by ISAMS, D. Phil. thesis, University of Oxford, 1994.
• Lopez-Valverde, M.A., M. Lopez-Puertas and C.J. Marks, Non-LTE modelling for the retrieval of CO abundances from ISAMS measurements, Opt. Remote Sens. of the Atmos., 5, pp. 31-33, 1991.
• Lopez-Valverde, M.A., M. Lopez-Puertas, C.J. Marks, and F.W. Taylor, Global and seasonal variations in middle atmosphere CO from UARS/ISAMS, Geophys. Res. Lett., 20, pp 1247-1250, 1993.
• Lopez-Puertas, M., M. A. Lopez-Valverde, D. P. Edwards, and F. W. Taylor, Non-Local-Thermodynamic-Equilibrium Populations of the First Vibrational Excited State of CO in the Middle Atmosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 98, pp 8933-8947, 1993.
• Lopez-Valverde M.A., M. Lopez-Puertas, C.J. Marks, F.W. Taylor, B.J. Kerridge, J.J. Remedios, A. Dudhia, and C.D. Rodgers, Stratospheric and Mesospheric carbon Monoxide: First Results from the Validation of the ISAMS Measurements at 4.6um, Advances in Space Research f14, pp 233-236, 1994.
• Lopez-Valverde, M.A., M. Lopez-Puertas, J.J. Remedios, C.D. Rodgers, F.W. Taylor, E.C. Zipf and P.W. Erdman, Validation of Measurements of Carbon Monoxide from the Improved Stratospheric And Mesospheric Sounder, J.Geophys.Res., 101, pp 9929-9956, 1996.
• Marks, C. J. and C. D. Rodgers, A Retrieval Method for Atmospheric Composition from Limb Emission Measurements, J.Geophys.Res. 98, pp 14,939-14,953, 1993.
• Massie, S.T., Gille, J.C., Edwards, D.P., Bailey, P.L., Lyjak, L.V., Craig, C.A., Cavanaugh, C.P., Mergenthaler, J.L., Roche, A.E., Kumer, J.B., Lambert, A., Grainger, R.G., Rodgers, C.D., Taylor, F.W., Russell, J.M. III, Park, J.H., Desher, T., Hervig, M.E., Fishbein, E.F., Waters, J.W., Lahoz, W. A., Validation studies using multiwavelength Cryogenic Limb Array Etalon Spectrometer (CLAES) observations of stratospheric aerosol, J.Geophys.Res., 101, p9757-9774, 1996
• Morris, P.E., The Remote Sensing of the Earth from Space, 249pp., D.Phil Thesis, Dept. Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics, Oxford University, 1992.
• Nightingale, T. J. and J. Crawford, A Radiometric Calibration System for the ISAMS Remote Sounding Instrument, Metrologia, 28, p 233, 1991.
• Nightingale, T.J., Investigation of the Radiometric Performance of the Improved Stratospheric and Mesospheric Sounder, 238pp, D.Phil Thesis, Oxford University, 1992.
• Peskett, G.D. Mesospheric Sounder (ISAMS) on the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS). SPIE: Vol 589 Instrumentation for Optical Remote Sensing from Space , p 81-88, (Seeley, J.S, Lear, J.W., Monfils, A., and Russak, S.L., eds). SPIE, Bellingham, Wash., USA, 1985.
• Reburn W.J., J.J. Remedios, J. Ballard, B.N. Lawrence, and F.W. Taylor, `Measurements of Stratospheric NO2 by the Improved Stratospheric and Mesospheric Sounder', Geophys.Res.Lett., 20 1231-1234, 1993.
• Reburn, W. J., Measurements of atmospheric nitrogen dioxide by ISAMS, D. Phil. thesis, University of Oxford, 1994.
• Reburn, W.J., J.J. Remedios, P.E. Morris, C.D. Rodgers, F.W. Taylor, B.J. Kerridge, R.J. Knight, J. Ballard, J.B. Kumer and S.T. Massie, Validation of Nitrogen Dioxide Measurements from the Improved Stratospheric And Mesospheric Sounder, J.Geophys.Res., 101, p9873-9896, 1996
• Remedios J.J., M. Goss-Custard, S.L. Ruth, C.D. Rodgers, and F.W. Taylor, `Measurements of Water Vapour, Methane and Nitrous Oxide by the Improved Stratospheric and Mesospheric Sounder', 29th Plenary Meeting of the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR), World Space Congress, Washington D.C.,September 1992.
• Remedios, J. J., S. L. Ruth, C. D. Rodgers, F. W. Taylor, A. E. Roche, J. C. Gille, M. R. Gunson, J. M. Russell, J. Park, E. C. Zipf, and P. W. Erdmann, Measurements of Methane and Nitrous Oxide Distributions by the Improved Stratospheric and Mesospheric Sounder: Retrieval and Validation, J.Geophys.Res., 101, p9843-9872, 1996.
• Rodgers, C.D., F.W Taylor, J. Ballard, J.J. Barnett, A. Chu, B.J. Connor, M. Corney, A. Dudhia, B.J. Kerridge, R.J. Knight, M. Lopez-Valverde, C.J. Marks, P. Morris, T. Nightingale, J. Remedios, D. Roisin, C. Scheuer and R. Wells, Measurements of Stratospheric Constituents by ISAMS, Proceedings of the Quadrennial International Ozone Symosium 1992, NASA Conference Publication 3266, p444-447, 1994.
• Rodgers, C.D., R.J. Wells, R.G. Grainger and F.W. Taylor, Improved Stratospheric And Mesospheric Sounder Validation: General Approach and In-flight Radiometric Calibration, J.Geophys.Res., 101, p9775-9794, 1996
• Rosier, S.M., B.N. Lawrence, D.G. Andrews and F.W. Taylor, Dynamical Evolution of the Northern Stratosphere in Early Winter 1991/92, as Observed by the Improved Stratospheric and Mesospheric Sounder, J.Atmos.Sci., 51, pp2783-2799, 1994
• Ruth, S.L., J.J. Remedios, B.N. Lawrence and F. W. Taylor, Measurements of N2O by the UARS Improved Stratospheric and Mesospheric Sounder during Early Northern Winter 1991/2, J.Atmos.Sci., 51, pp2818-2833, 1994.
• Ruth S.L., J.J. Remedios, F.W. Taylor, A.E. Roche, and J. B. Kumer, Stratospheric Methane Distributions: Comparisons of a CIRA Reference Model and Recent Observational Data, Advances in Space Research, 18, pp 319-326, 1996.
• Smith, S. E., A. Dudhia, P. E. Morris, J.J. Remedios, C.D. Rodgers, F.W. Taylor, B.J. Kerridge, M. P. Chipperfield, J. B. Kumer amd M. R. Gunson, Dinitrogen Pentoxide Measurements from the Improved Stratospheric And Mesospheric Sounder: Validation of Preliminary Results, J.Geophys.Res., 101, pp 9897-9906, 1996.
• Stone, E. M., J. L. Stanford, J. R. Ziemke, D. R. Allen, F. W. Taylor, C. D. Rodgers, B. N. Lawrence, E. F. Fishbein, L. S. Elson, J. W. Waters, Space-Time Integrity of Improved Stratospheric and Mesospheric Sounder and Microwave Limb Sounder Temperature Fields at Kelvin Wave Scales, J.Geophys.Res., 100, pp 14,089-14,096, 1995
• Sutton, R., H. Maclean, R. Swinbank, A. O'Neill, F. W. Taylor, High resolution stratospheric tracer fields estimated from satellite observations using Lagrangian trajectory calculations, J.Atmos.Sci., 51, pp 2995-3005, 1994.
• Taylor, F.W., Scaddan, R.J. and Callard, L. Improved Stratospheric and Mesospheric Sounder. Optical Engineering, 810, pp.81-90, 1988.
• Taylor F.W., J. Ballard, A. Dudhia, M. Goss-Custard, B.J. Kerridge, A. Lambert, M. Lopez-Valverde, C.D. Rodgers and J.J. Remedios, Stratospheric and Mesospheric observations with ISAMS, Adv.Space.Res., 14, pp. (9)41-(9)52, 1994.
• Taylor F.W., A. Lambert, R.G. Grainger, C.D. Rodgers and J.J. Remedios, Properties of Northern Hemisohere Polar Stratospheric Clouds and Volcanic Aerosol in 1991/2 from UARS/ISAMS Satellite Measurements, J.Atmos.Sci., 51, pp 3019-3026, 1994.
• Venters, P., The Pressure Modulation System in the Improved Stratospheric and Mesospheric Sounder, D.Phil. Thesis, Dept. Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics, Oxford University, 249pp, 1991.
• Werrett, S.T., and Peskett, G.D., Pressure modulators, closed cycle coolers, and the detector cooling system in ISAMS. SPIE: Vol 589 Instrumentation for Optical Remote Sensing from Space , p 96-103, (Seeley, J.S, Lear, J.W., Monfils, A., and Russak, S.L., eds). SPIE, Bellingham, Wash., USA, 1985

Articles Accepted for publication

• Lambert, A., R. G. Grainger, C. D. Rodgers, F. W. Taylor, J. L. Mergenthaler, J. B. Kumer and S. T. Massie, Global evolution of the Mount Pinatubo volcanic aerosols observed by the infrared limb-sounding instruments CLAES and ISAMS on UARS, J.Geophys.Res., 1995
• Lambert, A., R. G. Grainger, H. L. Rogers, W. A. Norton, C. D. Rodgers and F. W. Taylor, The H2SO4 component of stratospheric aerosols as a tracer derived from satellite infrared extinction measurements, Geophys. Res. Lett., 1996, (In press).