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Atmospheric NO from space: The sciamachy capabilities

dc.contributor.authorMuller, C.
dc.contributor.authorLambert, J.C.
dc.contributor.authorLippens, C.
dc.contributor.authorVan Roozendael, M.
dc.date2001
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-04T09:47:14Z
dc.date.available2017-05-04T09:47:14Z
dc.identifier.urihttps://orfeo.belnet.be/handle/internal/5272
dc.descriptionThe SCanning Imaging Absorption spectroMeter for Atmospheric ChartograpHY (SCIAMACHY) has been proposed in 1988 as a payload of the ESA earth observation satellite ENVISAT 1, which is scheduled for launch in 2001 for a four-year mission. SCIAMACHY operates in eight channels covering the UV, the visible and two infrared regions. Recent developments in the testing of the instrument now enable not only the full use of channel 1 (240 nm-314 nm) at a required high level of performance but in some special cases its extension to 220 nm. This instrumental improvement allows new objectives to be addressed in the upper stratosphere, on top of the already proposed mesospheric and thermospheric investigations of nitric oxide. Simulations show the instrument capabilities for these studies. These NO observations will be performed in solar occultation, lunar occultation and nadir. Previous NO results are reviewed with an emphasis on results obtained by the infrared solar occultation technique as exemplified by the SPACELAB grille spectrometer and other instruments. The capabilities of SCIAMACHY for mapping the total column of upper atmospheric NO is investigated as well as possibilities to infer NO vertical distribution and transfer properties between the different atmospheric regions.
dc.languageeng
dc.titleAtmospheric NO from space: The sciamachy capabilities
dc.typeArticle
dc.subject.frascatiPhysical sciences
dc.audienceScientific
dc.subject.freeInfrared radiation
dc.subject.freeNitrogen oxides
dc.subject.freeSatellites
dc.subject.freeSpectrophotometers
dc.subject.freeUltraviolet radiation
dc.subject.freeSolar occultation
dc.subject.freeUpper atmosphere
dc.subject.freeatmospheric chemistry
dc.subject.freemesosphere
dc.subject.freenitric oxide
dc.subject.freethermosphere
dc.source.titlePhysics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part C: Solar, Terrestrial and Planetary Science
dc.source.volume26
dc.source.issue7
dc.source.page545-548
Orfeo.peerreviewedYes
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/S1464-1917(01)00044-7
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-0034961570


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