SCIAMACHY instrument on ENVISAT-1

S. Noel; Heinrich Bovensmann; John P. Burrows; Johannes Frerick; Kelly Van Chance; Albert P. H. Goede; C. Muller

doi:10.1117/12.333621

21 December 1998 SCIAMACHY instrument on ENVISAT-1

S. Noel, Heinrich Bovensmann, John P. Burrows, Johannes Frerick, Kelly Van Chance, Albert P. H. Goede, C. Muller

Proceedings Volume 3498, Sensors, Systems, and Next-Generation Satellites II; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.333621
Event: Remote Sensing, 1998, Barcelona, Spain

Abstract

SCIAMACHY (Scanning Imaging Absorption spectroMeter for Atmospheric CHartographY) is a contribution to the ENVISAT-1 satellite, which is to be launched in spring 2000. The SCIAMACHY instrument is designed to measure sunlight transmitted, reflected and scattered by the Earth's atmosphere or surface. The instrument measures simultaneously from the UV to the NIB spectral spectral region (240 - 2380 nm). Observations are made in alternate nadir and limb viewing geometries and also for solar sunrise and lunar moonrise occultation. Inversion of the SCIAMACHY measurements will provide the following: the amount and distributions of some important trace gases O₃, BrO, OClO, ClO, SO₂, H₂CO, NO₂, CO, CO₂, CH₄, H₂O, N₂O, p, T, aerosol, and radiation flux profiles, cloud cover and cloud top height. Combination of the near simultaneous limb and nadir observations enables the tropospheric column amounts of O₃, NO₂, CO, CH₄, H₂O, N₂O, SO₂, and H₂CO to be detected. SCIAMACHY will provide new insight into the global behavior of the troposphere and the stratosphere.

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S. Noel, Heinrich Bovensmann, John P. Burrows, Johannes Frerick, Kelly Van Chance, Albert P. H. Goede, and C. Muller "SCIAMACHY instrument on ENVISAT-1", Proc. SPIE 3498, Sensors, Systems, and Next-Generation Satellites II, (21 December 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.333621

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