SCIAMACHY - Exploring the Changing Earth’s Atmosphere

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Gottwald, Manfred (Editor), Bovensmann, Heinrich (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Climatology.; Atmospheric sciences.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Earth Sciences.; Atmospheric Sciences.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.

SCIAMACHY, the SCanning Imaging Absorption spectroMeter for Atmospheric CHar­tographY, is a passive sensor for exploring the Earth’s atmosphere. It is part of the payload of the European Earth Observation mission ENVISAT, launched on 1 March 2002. SCIAMACHY observes absorption spectra of molecules f...

Table of Contents:

• Foreword
• 1. SCIAMACHY - The Need for Atmospheric Research from Space
• 2. ENVISAT - SCIAMACHY's Host
• 3. The Instrument
• 4. Instrument Operations
• 5. Calibration and Monitoring
• 6. SCIAMACHY In-Orbit Operations and Performance
• 7. From Radiation Fields to Atmospheric Concentrations - Retrieval of Geophysical Parameters
• 8. Data Processing and Products
• 9. Validation
• 10. SCIAMACHY's View of the Changing Earth's Environment
• Index.