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Atmospheric chemistry experiment (ACE): Mission overview

dc.contributor.authorBernath, P.F.
dc.contributor.authorMcElroy, C.T.
dc.contributor.authorAbrams, M.C.
dc.contributor.authorBoone, C.D.
dc.contributor.authorButler, M.
dc.contributor.authorCamy-Peyret, C.
dc.contributor.authorCarleer, M.
dc.contributor.authorClerbaux, C.
dc.contributor.authorCoheur, P.-F.
dc.contributor.authorColin, R.
dc.contributor.authorDeCola, P.
dc.contributor.authorDe Mazière, M.
dc.contributor.authorDrummond, J.R.
dc.contributor.authorDufour, D.
dc.contributor.authorEvans, W.F.J.
dc.contributor.authorFast, H.
dc.contributor.authorFussen, D.
dc.contributor.authorGilbert, K.
dc.contributor.authorJennings, D.E.
dc.contributor.authorLlewellyn, E.J.
dc.contributor.authorLowe, R.P.
dc.contributor.authorMahieu, E.
dc.contributor.authorMcConnell, J.C.
dc.contributor.authorMcHugh, M.
dc.contributor.authorMcLeod, S.D.
dc.contributor.authorMichaud, R.
dc.contributor.authorMidwinter, C.
dc.contributor.authorNassar, R.
dc.contributor.authorNichitiu, F.
dc.contributor.authorNowlan, C.
dc.contributor.authorRinsland, C.P.
dc.contributor.authorRochon, Y.J.
dc.contributor.authorRowlands, N.
dc.contributor.authorSemeniuk, K.
dc.contributor.authorSimon, P.
dc.contributor.authorSkelton, R.
dc.contributor.authorSloan, J.J.
dc.contributor.authorSoucy, M.-A.
dc.contributor.authorStrong, K.
dc.contributor.authorTremblay, P.
dc.contributor.authorTurnbull, D.
dc.contributor.authorWalker, K.A.
dc.contributor.authorWalkty, I.
dc.contributor.authorWardle, D.A.
dc.contributor.authorWehrle, V.
dc.contributor.authorZander, R.
dc.contributor.authorZou, J.
dc.date2005
dc.date.accessioned2016-12-07T10:36:05Z
dc.date.available2016-12-07T10:36:05Z
dc.identifier.urihttps://orfeo.belnet.be/handle/internal/4617
dc.descriptionSCISAT-1, also known as the Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment (ACE), is a Canadian satellite mission for remote sensing of the Earth's atmosphere. It was launched into low Earth circular orbit (altitude 650 km, inclination 74°) on 12 Aug. 2003. The primary ACE instrument is a high spectral resolution (0.02 cm-1) Fourier Transform Spectrometer (FTS) operating from 2.2 to 13.3 μm (750-4400 cm-1). The satellite also features a dual spectrophotometer known as MAESTRO with wavelength coverage of 285-1030 nm and spectral resolution of 1-2 nm. A pair of filtered CMOS detector arrays records images of the Sun at 0.525 and 1.02 μm. Working primarily in solar occultation, the satellite provides altitude profile information (typically 10-100 km) for temperature, pressure, and the volume mixing ratios for several dozen molecules of atmospheric interest, as well as atmospheric extinction profiles over the latitudes 85°N to 85°S. This paper presents a mission overview and some of the first scientific results.
dc.languageeng
dc.titleAtmospheric chemistry experiment (ACE): Mission overview
dc.typeArticle
dc.subject.frascatiEarth and related Environmental sciences
dc.audienceScientific
dc.subject.freeAtmospheric pressure
dc.subject.freeAtmospheric temperature
dc.subject.freeCMOS integrated circuits
dc.subject.freeEarth atmosphere
dc.subject.freeImage recording
dc.subject.freeRemote sensing
dc.subject.freeSpectrometers
dc.subject.freeSpectrophotometers
dc.subject.freeSun
dc.subject.freeWeather satellites
dc.subject.freeAtmospheric chemistry experiment (ACE)
dc.subject.freeCMOS detector arrays
dc.subject.freeFourier transform spectrometer
dc.subject.freeSolar occulation
dc.subject.freeAtmospheric chemistry
dc.subject.freeatmospheric chemistry
dc.subject.freeinstrumentation
dc.subject.freeremote sensing
dc.subject.freesatellite
dc.source.titleGeophysical Research Letters
dc.source.volume32
dc.source.issue15
dc.source.pageL15S01
Orfeo.peerreviewedYes
dc.identifier.doi10.1029/2005GL022386
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-25844526462


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