NP-119 Science in Orbit: The Shuttle
& Spacelab Experience, 1981-1986
This diagram summarizes the vertical
range of detection for some of the chemicals observed by Atmospheric
Trace Molecules Spectroscopy (ATMOS). The colors denote different
groups of atmospheric constituents. The first group is minor gases
commonly found in the atmosphere; the rest are trace gases grouped by
chemical families. Notable among the results are the detection of
trace species that had not been observed previously and the first
measurement by remote sensing techniques of the principal natural
halocarbon, methylene chloride (CH3CI)
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