Limb Ozone Retrieval Experiment (LORE)
LORE, the Limb Ozone Retrieval Experiment, is a small camera system that accompanies SOLSE in it's demonstration flight. LORE is a filter radiometer with a linear diode array detector that will be flown in the SOLSE canister to measure the limb scattered radiance at ultraviolet and visible wavelengths. Wavelengths near 600 nm will be used to measure ozone in the 15-30 km region using Chappuis band absorption. A channel near 760 nm will be used to measure oxygen absorption, while a channel at 322 nm will measure ozone above 30 km, and a third channel at 350 nm will provide pointing information. LORE is
a multi-wavelength version of
RSAS , (the Rayleigh scattering attitude sensor) flown on SSBUV
flight 8.
.
A series of hardened interference filters are rotated sequentially into
the optical path.
All three visible channels overlap with SOLSE coverage. Five filters are
used:
| wavelength | purpose | spatial resolution |
| 322 nm | mid to upper stratospheric ozone | 0.5 km |
| 350 nm | pointing channel | 0.5 km |
| 603 nm | Chappuius band ozone channel | 0.75 km |
| 675 nm | aerosol background channel | 0.75 km |
| 760 nm | ozone absorption & pointing | 0.75 km |
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