ENVISAT-SCIAMACHY: instrument commissioning & early results

Author

Frerick, J. ; Zehner, C. ; Burrows, J.P.

Author_Institution

ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands

Volume

1

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Firstpage

608

Abstract

The Scanning Imaging Absorption Spectrometer for Atmospheric Chartography (SCIAMACHY) will be one of the atmospheric sounders on board Envisat, to be launched in early 2002. The instrument is designed to detect solar light scattered from the atmosphere in either nadir, limb or occultation geometry. Following the successful launch of Envisat and an initial outgassing phase activities will focus on instrument functional and performance verification, consolidation as well as geophysical validation of the operational data products. Activities will be conducted in a period 1...9 months after launch and involve a huge number of research teams, organised within the Envisat Atmospheric Chemistry Validation Team (ACVT).

Keywords

air pollution measurement; atmospheric composition; atmospheric measuring apparatus; atmospheric techniques; remote sensing; stratosphere; troposphere; ENVISAT; IR; SCIAMACHY; UV; air pollution; atmosphere; chemical composition; commissioning; infrared; instrument; measurement technique; perfomance; satellite remote sensing; stratosphere; trace gas; troposphere; validation; verification; visible; Atmosphere; Atmospheric measurements; Extraterrestrial measurements; Gratings; Instruments; Mirrors; Optical arrays; Optical polarization; Optical sensors; Spectroscopy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2002. IGARSS '02. 2002 IEEE International

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7536-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2002.1025120

Filename

1025120