Envisat´s contribution to atmospheric chemistry studies

Author

Langen, Jörg

Author_Institution

Earth Sci. Div., ESA-ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands

Volume

3

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

1497

Abstract

After the discovery of the Antarctic ozone hole, concern about the evolution of the global ozone layer led to the development of various devices for measurement of atmospheric composition. Among them, three innovative instruments were decided to be embarked on ESA´s Environmental Satellite (Envisat). Their purpose is to investigate chemical and physical processes and human impact on Earth´s atmosphere on a global scale, and to contribute to precise monitoring of the UV-shielding stratospheric ozone layer. The instruments are: GOMOS, MIPAS and SCIAMACHY

Keywords

atmospheric chemistry; atmospheric composition; atmospheric measuring apparatus; infrared spectrometers; ozone; remote sensing; stratosphere; ultraviolet spectrometers; Environmental Satellite; Envisat; GOMOS; MIPAS; O₃; SCIAMACHY; UV-shielding stratospheric ozone layer; atmospheric chemistry; atmospheric composition; Atmosphere; Atmospheric measurements; Chemistry; Extraterrestrial measurements; Image resolution; Instruments; Monitoring; Optical beams; Pollution measurement; Spectroscopy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1999. IGARSS '99 Proceedings. IEEE 1999 International

Conference_Location

Hamburg

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5207-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1999.771999

Filename

771999