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Sounding of the Atmosphere using Broadband Emission Radiometry (SABER): Instrument and Science Measurement Description
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  • Roy Esplin,
  • James Ulwick,
  • James M Russell,
  • Larry L. Gordley,
  • Kenneth Beaumont,
  • Guy Beaver,
  • Christopher Brown,
  • Steven Brown,
  • Michael Cisewski,
  • Todd Denkins,
  • James Dyer,
  • Thomas Eden,
  • Patrick Joseph Espy,
  • Matt Felt,
  • Rolando R. Garcia,
  • Richard Grube,
  • Glen Hansen,
  • Scott Hansen,
  • Linda A Hunt,
  • Ron Huppi,
  • Mark Jensen,
  • Scott Jensen,
  • Gretchen Lingenfelser,
  • Manuel Lopez Puertas,
  • Benjamin T. Marshall,
  • Mark Melbert,
  • Christopher J. Mertens,
  • Keith Paskett,
  • Gregory J Paxton,
  • Frank Peri,
  • James Petersen,
  • Richard H. Picard,
  • Ellis E. Remsberg,
  • Raymond G Roble,
  • William Roettker,
  • Deron Scott,
  • Andrew Shumway,
  • David E. Siskind,
  • Susan Solomon,
  • John Stauder,
  • Kenneth Stone,
  • Joe Tansock,
  • R. Earl Thompson,
  • yunfei wang,
  • Jeremy Winick,
  • Peter P. Wintersteiner,
  • James E Wells,
  • Lorin Zollinger
Roy Esplin
Space Dynamics Laboratory
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James Ulwick
Stewart Radiance Laboratory (deceased), NASA Langley Research Center (retired), NASA Langley Research Center (retired), NASA Langley Research Center (retired), NASA Langley Research Center (retired), NASA Langley Research Center (deceased), NASA Langley Research Center (deceased), NASA Langley Research Center (deceased), NASA Langley Research Center (retired), NASA Langley Research Center (retired), NASA Langley Research Center (deceased), Utah State University (deceased), NASA Langley Research Center
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James M Russell
Hampton University (Emeritus)
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Larry L. Gordley
GATS Inc.
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Kenneth Beaumont
NASA Langley Research Center
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Guy Beaver
GATS, Inc (formerly)
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Christopher Brown
NASA Langley Research Center
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Steven Brown
Space Dynamics Laboratory
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Michael Cisewski
NASA Langley Research Center
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Todd Denkins
NASA Langley Research Center
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James Dyer
Space Dynamics Laboratory (retired)
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Thomas Eden
LASP
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Patrick Joseph Espy
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
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Matt Felt
Space Dynamics Laboratory
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Rolando R. Garcia
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
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Richard Grube
NASA Langley Research Center
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Glen Hansen
Space Dynamics Laboratory
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Scott Hansen
Space Dynamics Laboratory
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Linda A Hunt
Science Systems and Applications, Inc.
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Ron Huppi
Space Dynamics Laboratory
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Mark Jensen
Space Dynamics Laboratory
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Scott Jensen
Orion Space Solutions
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Gretchen Lingenfelser
NASA Langley Research Center (retired)
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Manuel Lopez Puertas
Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia, CSIC
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Benjamin T. Marshall
GATS, Inc.
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Mark Melbert
GATS, Inc. (formerly)
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Christopher J. Mertens
NASA Langley Research Center
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Keith Paskett
Space Dynamics Laboratory
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Gregory J Paxton
GATS
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Frank Peri
NASA Langley Research Center
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James Petersen
Space Dynamics Laboratory
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Richard H. Picard
AFRL (retired)
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Ellis E. Remsberg
NASA Langley Research Center
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Raymond G Roble
National Center for Atmospheric Research
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William Roettker
Ball Aerospace
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Deron Scott
Space Dynamics Laboratory
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Andrew Shumway
Space Dynamics Laboratory
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David E. Siskind
Naval Research Laboratory
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Susan Solomon
MIT
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John Stauder
Space Dynamics Laboratory
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Kenneth Stone
University of Colorado Boulder
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Joe Tansock
Utah State University
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R. Earl Thompson
GATS, Inc
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yunfei wang
GATS, Inc (formerly)
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Jeremy Winick
AFRL (retired)
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Peter P. Wintersteiner
ARCON Corp (retired)
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James E Wells
NASA Langley Research Center
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Lorin Zollinger
Space Dynamics Laboratory
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Abstract

SABER (Sounding of the Atmosphere using Broadband Emission Radiometry) is a 10-channel infrared radiometer that is one of four instruments on the NASA TIMED (Thermosphere-Ionosphere-Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics) satellite mission to study the structure, energetics, chemistry, and dynamics of the Earth’s mesosphere and lower thermosphere. The TIMED spacecraft was launched into a 625 km circular polar orbit (74.1º inclination) via a Boeing Delta II rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base on 7 December 2001. SABER continues to operate nominally and collect data routinely as it has for over 21 years. Over 2,200 peer-reviewed journal articles have been published worldwide using SABER data. A list of these articles is included in the Supporting Information accompanying this paper. This paper presents a detailed technical description of the SABER instrument including major subsystems of the instrument and technical performance parameters. This paper comprehensively describes the instrument and its components and provides final instrument design and performance parameters. The motivation for this paper is to document this information permanently for future reference. The Space Dynamics Laboratory (SDL) of Utah State University designed, fabricated, and calibrated the SABER instrument in close collaboration with NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton University, and Global Atmospheric Technologies and Science (GATS).
09 May 2023Submitted to ESS Open Archive
25 May 2023Published in ESS Open Archive