OPTICAL REMOTE-SENSING OF AIRCRAFT EMISSIONS WITH THE K300

The K300 Double Pendulum Interferometer is a compact high resolution F ourier Transform spectrometer designed for outdoor optical remote sens ing in the infrared spectral region. Apart from the known atmospheric pollution monitoring by long-path measurements and smoke stack remote sensing at power plants, the remote diagnostic of hot aircraft engine emissions is a very interesting application of the infrared spectrosco py. First results of such measurements performed with the Kayser-Thred e Double Pendulum Interferometer K300 at the DLR airport, Oberpfaffenh ofen on January 15, 1992 are presented and discussed.