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Learjet 35

Owner/Operator: 
Phoenix Air
Type: 
Conventional aircraft
Duration: 
4.0 hours (payload and weather dependent)
Useful Payload: 
2 800 lbs
Gross Take-off Weight: 
18 300 lbs
Max Altitude: 
45,000 MSL
Air Speed: 
500 knots
Range: 
2 004 Nmi

In-situ Net Flux within the Atmosphere of the Earth

INFLAME provides a direct measurement of the net flux, and requires high stability with much less stringent requirements on absolute accuracy, thereby removing the major impediment of existing measurements. The INFLAME instruments, deployed on small aircraft, will provide a direct measurement of the net flux radiative, flux divergences, and heating rates in clear sky, in the presence of aerosols, and in the presence of cloud particles.

The INFLAME instrument measures the net flux by using a low-resolution Fourier transform spectrometer (FTS) to observe the upward and downward flux simultaneously using the two inputs of the same instrument. The two complementary outputs of the FTS can be transformed to produce spectra proportional to the difference between the two inputs.

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