Abstract
A simple, classical, and expedient method for the retrieval of atmospheric pressure‐temperature profiles has been applied to the high‐resolution infrared solar absorption spectra obtained with the atmospheric trace molecule spectroscopy (ATMOS) instrument. The basis for this method is a rotational analysis of retrieved apparent abundances from CO2 rovibrational absorption lines, employing existing constituent concentration retrieval software used in the analysis of data returned by ATMOS. Pressure‐temperature profiles derived from spectra acquired during the ATLAS 1 space shuttle mission of March–April 1992 are quantitatively evaluated and compared with climatological and meteorological data as a means of assessing the validity of this approach.
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