Title :
ESA activities in preparation of future atmospheric composition sounding missions
Author :
Langen, Jörg ; Lamarre, Daniel
Author_Institution :
Earth Sci. Div., ESA-ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands
Abstract :
The European Space Agency has currently a strong atmospheric chemistry component in its Earth observation programme. The GOME instrument operating onboard ERS-2 since 1995 will be followed by three innovative spectrometers on Envisat to be launched in 2000: GOMOS, MIPAS and SCIAMACHY, observing the atmosphere from the ground to the mesosphere at wavelengths between 240 nm and 14.6 μm. Anticipating Envisat and foreign atmospheric chemistry missions being implemented, programmatic and scientific activities for potential future missions are pursued
Keywords :
air pollution measurement; atmospheric composition; mesosphere; remote sensing; stratosphere; troposphere; ESA; Earth observation programme; European Space Agency; GOMOS; IR; MIPAS; SCIAMACHY; UV; air pollution; atmosphere; atmospheric composition sounding missions; chemical composition; infrared; measurement technique; mesosphere; satellite remote sensing; stratosphere; troposphere; ultraviolet; visible; Atmospheric waves; Chemistry; Earth; Electronic mail; Geoscience; Instruments; Proposals; Spectroscopy; Terrestrial atmosphere; Watches;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1999. IGARSS '99 Proceedings. IEEE 1999 International
Conference_Location :
Hamburg
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5207-6
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1999.771996
