Synthetic Spectra For The Analysis Of Far IR Stratospheric Emission Measurements

A radiative transfer model is used for the calculation of synthetic spectra of the far infrared stratospheric emission which are compared with measurements obtained with a balloon-borne FT spectrometer. This analysis technique has been used for the retrieval of concen-tration profiles of minor stratospheric constituents, as well as for an assessment of the present limits of our modelling and measurement capabilities.