The global picture of the atmospheric composition provided by MIPAS on Envisat

Author

Carli, B. ; Aubertin, G. ; Birk, M. ; Carlotti, M. ; Castelli, E. ; Ceccherini, S. ; Alba, L.D. ; Dehn, A. ; De Laurentis, M. ; Dinelli, B.M. ; Dudhia, A. ; Fehr, T. ; Fischer, H. ; Flaud, J. -M ; Funke, B. ; Gessner, R. ; Hoepfner, M. ; Kiefer, M. ; Lope

Author_Institution

Ist. di Fis. Appl. “N. Carrara” (IFAC), Florence, Italy

fYear

2012

fDate

22-27 July 2012

Firstpage

1860

Lastpage

1863

Abstract

The Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding (MIPAS) is a mid-infrared emission spectrometer which is part of the core payload of the Envisat satellite, launched by ESA in March 2002. It provides unique observations of the atmospheric spectral radiances in the 4.15 - 14.6 μm spectral interval with innovative limb scanning capabilities for the three dimensional observation of the atmospheric composition and processes. The species, the processes and events that have been studied with this instrument in its 10 years of operation are briefly reviewed.

Keywords

atmospheric composition; atmospheric measuring apparatus; infrared spectrometers; remote sensing; AD 2002 03; Envisat satellite; MIPAS data; Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding; atmospheric composition; limb scanning capability; midinfrared emission spectrometer; wavelength 4.15 mum to 14.6 mum; Atmosphere; Atmospheric measurements; Clouds; Extraterrestrial measurements; Gases; Instruments; Atmosphere; Earth Observing System; clouds; limb sounding; spectroscopy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2012 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Munich

ISSN

2153-6996

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1160-1

Electronic_ISBN

2153-6996

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2012.6351144

Filename

6351144