Geophysical validation of MIPAS-ENVISAT operational ozone data
journal contribution
posted on 2024-11-14, 01:09 authored by U Cortesi, J C Lambert, C De Clercq, G Bianchini, T Blumenstock, A Bracher, E Castelli, V Catoire, K V Chance, M De Maziere, P Demoulin, S Godin-Beekmann, Nicholas JonesNicholas Jones, K Jucks, C Keim, T Kerzenmacher, H Kuellmann, J Kuttippurath, M Iarlori, G Y Liu, Y Liu, I S McDermid, Y J Meijer, F Mencaraglia, S Mikuteit, H Oelhaf, C Piccolo, M Pirre, P Raspollini, F Ravegnani, W J Reburn, G Redaelli, J J Remedios, H Sembhi, D Smale, T Steck, A Taddei, C Varotsos, C Vigouroux, A Waterfall, G Wetzel, S WoodThe Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding (MIPAS), on-board the European ENVIronmental SATellite (ENVISAT) launched on 1 March 2002, is a middle infrared Fourier Transform spectrometer measuring the atmospheric emission spectrum in limb sounding geometry. The instrument is capable to retrieve the vertical distribution of temperature and trace gases, aiming at the study of climate and atmospheric chemistry and dynamics, and at applications to data assimilation and weather forecasting.