Title :
Stratospheric trace gas measurements by the Airborne Submillimeter Radiometer ASUR during SCIA-VALUE 2002 (validation and utilisation of ENVISAT and SCIAMACHY data products)
Author :
Kuttippurath, Jayanarayanan ; Kleinböhl, Armin ; Bremer, Holger ; Küllmann, Harry ; Von König, Miriam ; Künzi, Klaus
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Environ. Phys., Bremen Univ., Germany
Abstract :
Numerous measurements of the stratospheric trace gases ozone, HCl, HNO3, and N2O were performed by the Airborne Submillimeter Radiometer ASUR in September 2002. ASUR was deployed on board the German research aircraft FALCON during the SCIA-VALUE 2002 campaign. A latitudinal range between 80°N and 5°S was covered, enabling ASUR to perform extensive measurements in the tropics for the first time. First retrievals of stratospheric trace gas profiles are presented and their dependence on latitude is studied.
Keywords :
atmospheric composition; atmospheric techniques; radiometry; remote sensing; stratosphere; submillimetre wave measurement; 604 to 662 GHz; AD 2002 09; ASUR; Airborne Submillimeter Radiometer; ENVISAT data products; German research aircraft FALCON; HCl; HNO3; N2O; O3; SCIA-VALUE 2002; SCIAMACHY data products; stratospheric trace gases ozone; Aircraft; Chemistry; Gases; Instruments; Microwave radiometry; Performance evaluation; Physics; Spectroscopy; Terrestrial atmosphere; Time measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2003. IGARSS '03. Proceedings. 2003 IEEE International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7929-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2003.1294423
