MIPAS : an instrument for atmospheric and climate research
MIPAS, the Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding, is a mid-infrared emission spectrometer which is part of the core payload of ENVISAT. It is a limb sounder, i.e. it scans across the horizon detecting atmospheric spectral radiances which are inverted to vertical temperature, trac...
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ftleicester:oai:lra.le.ac.uk:2381/36660 2023-05-15T14:03:42+02:00 MIPAS : an instrument for atmospheric and climate research Fischer, H. Birk, M. Blom, C. Carli, B. Carlotti, M. von Clarmann, T. Delbouille, L. Dudhia, A. Ehhalt, D. Endemann, M. Flaud, J. M. Gessner, R. Kleinert, A. Koopman, R. Langen, J. Lopez-Puertas, M. Mosner, P. Nett, H. Oelhaf, H. Perron, G. Remedios, John J. Ridolfi, M. Stiller, G. Zander, R. 2016-02-10T11:10:27Z http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/8/2151/2008/ http://hdl.handle.net/2381/36660 https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-8-2151-2008 en eng Copernicus Publications on behalf of the European Geosciences Union Atmospheric Chemistry And Physics, 2008, 8 (8), pp. 2151-2188 (38) 1680-7316 http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/8/2151/2008/ http://hdl.handle.net/2381/36660 doi:10.5194/acp-8-2151-2008 1680-7324 Copyright © Author(s) 2008. This work is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. CC-BY Science & Technology Physical Sciences Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences POLAR STRATOSPHERIC CLOUDS LIMB EMISSION-SPECTRA RADIATIVE-TRANSFER CALCULATIONS MICHELSON INTERFEROMETER SATELLITE MEASUREMENTS MID-IR SPECTROSCOPIC DATABASE GEOPHYSICAL VALIDATION SCIENTIFIC OBJECTIVES SOUNDING MEASUREMENTS Journal Article Review;Journal 2016 ftleicester https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-8-2151-2008 2019-03-22T20:21:26Z MIPAS, the Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding, is a mid-infrared emission spectrometer which is part of the core payload of ENVISAT. It is a limb sounder, i.e. it scans across the horizon detecting atmospheric spectral radiances which are inverted to vertical temperature, trace species and cloud distributions. These data can be used for scientific investigations in various research fields including dynamics and chemistry in the altitude region between upper troposphere and lower thermosphere. The instrument is a well calibrated and characterized Fourier transform spectrometer which is able to detect many trace constituents simultaneously. The different concepts of retrieval methods are described including multi-target and two-dimensional retrievals. Operationally generated data sets consist of temperature, H2O, O3, CH4, N2O, HNO3, and NO2 profiles. Measurement errors are investigated in detail and random and systematic errors are specified. The results are validated by independent instrumentation which has been operated at ground stations or aboard balloon gondolas and aircraft. Intercomparisons of MIPAS measurements with other satellite data have been carried out, too. As a result, it has been proven that the MIPAS data are of good quality. MIPAS can be operated in different measurement modes in order to optimize the scientific output. Due to the wealth of information in the MIPAS spectra, many scientific results have already been published. They include intercomparisons of temperature distributions with ECMWF data, the derivation of the whole NOy family, the study of atmospheric processes during the Antarctic vortex split in September~2002, the determination of properties of Polar Stratospheric Clouds, the downward transport of NOx in the middle atmosphere, the stratosphere-troposphere exchange, the influence of solar variability on the middle atmosphere, and the observation of Non-LTE effects in the mesosphere. Peer-reviewed Publisher Version Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic University of Leicester: Leicester Research Archive (LRA) Antarctic The Antarctic Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 8 8 2151 2188 |
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Science & Technology Physical Sciences Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences POLAR STRATOSPHERIC CLOUDS LIMB EMISSION-SPECTRA RADIATIVE-TRANSFER CALCULATIONS MICHELSON INTERFEROMETER SATELLITE MEASUREMENTS MID-IR SPECTROSCOPIC DATABASE GEOPHYSICAL VALIDATION SCIENTIFIC OBJECTIVES SOUNDING MEASUREMENTS |
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Science & Technology Physical Sciences Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences POLAR STRATOSPHERIC CLOUDS LIMB EMISSION-SPECTRA RADIATIVE-TRANSFER CALCULATIONS MICHELSON INTERFEROMETER SATELLITE MEASUREMENTS MID-IR SPECTROSCOPIC DATABASE GEOPHYSICAL VALIDATION SCIENTIFIC OBJECTIVES SOUNDING MEASUREMENTS Fischer, H. Birk, M. Blom, C. Carli, B. Carlotti, M. von Clarmann, T. Delbouille, L. Dudhia, A. Ehhalt, D. Endemann, M. Flaud, J. M. Gessner, R. Kleinert, A. Koopman, R. Langen, J. Lopez-Puertas, M. Mosner, P. Nett, H. Oelhaf, H. Perron, G. Remedios, John J. Ridolfi, M. Stiller, G. Zander, R. MIPAS : an instrument for atmospheric and climate research |
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MIPAS, the Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding, is a mid-infrared emission spectrometer which is part of the core payload of ENVISAT. It is a limb sounder, i.e. it scans across the horizon detecting atmospheric spectral radiances which are inverted to vertical temperature, trace species and cloud distributions. These data can be used for scientific investigations in various research fields including dynamics and chemistry in the altitude region between upper troposphere and lower thermosphere. The instrument is a well calibrated and characterized Fourier transform spectrometer which is able to detect many trace constituents simultaneously. The different concepts of retrieval methods are described including multi-target and two-dimensional retrievals. Operationally generated data sets consist of temperature, H2O, O3, CH4, N2O, HNO3, and NO2 profiles. Measurement errors are investigated in detail and random and systematic errors are specified. The results are validated by independent instrumentation which has been operated at ground stations or aboard balloon gondolas and aircraft. Intercomparisons of MIPAS measurements with other satellite data have been carried out, too. As a result, it has been proven that the MIPAS data are of good quality. MIPAS can be operated in different measurement modes in order to optimize the scientific output. Due to the wealth of information in the MIPAS spectra, many scientific results have already been published. They include intercomparisons of temperature distributions with ECMWF data, the derivation of the whole NOy family, the study of atmospheric processes during the Antarctic vortex split in September~2002, the determination of properties of Polar Stratospheric Clouds, the downward transport of NOx in the middle atmosphere, the stratosphere-troposphere exchange, the influence of solar variability on the middle atmosphere, and the observation of Non-LTE effects in the mesosphere. Peer-reviewed Publisher Version |
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Fischer, H. Birk, M. Blom, C. Carli, B. Carlotti, M. von Clarmann, T. Delbouille, L. Dudhia, A. Ehhalt, D. Endemann, M. Flaud, J. M. Gessner, R. Kleinert, A. Koopman, R. Langen, J. Lopez-Puertas, M. Mosner, P. Nett, H. Oelhaf, H. Perron, G. Remedios, John J. Ridolfi, M. Stiller, G. Zander, R. |
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Fischer, H. Birk, M. Blom, C. Carli, B. Carlotti, M. von Clarmann, T. Delbouille, L. Dudhia, A. Ehhalt, D. Endemann, M. Flaud, J. M. Gessner, R. Kleinert, A. Koopman, R. Langen, J. Lopez-Puertas, M. Mosner, P. Nett, H. Oelhaf, H. Perron, G. Remedios, John J. Ridolfi, M. Stiller, G. Zander, R. |
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MIPAS : an instrument for atmospheric and climate research |
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MIPAS : an instrument for atmospheric and climate research |
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MIPAS : an instrument for atmospheric and climate research |
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MIPAS : an instrument for atmospheric and climate research |
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MIPAS : an instrument for atmospheric and climate research |
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mipas : an instrument for atmospheric and climate research |
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