Author: National Aeronautics and Space Adm NasaPublisher: Independently Published
ISBN: 9781723882951
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
This report summarizes the progress on our three-year program of research to refine the measurement capability for satellite-based instruments that monitor ozone and other trace species in the Earth's stratosphere and troposphere, to retrieve global distributions of these and other constituents h m the GOME and SCIAMACHY satellite instruments, and to conduct scientific studies for the ILAS instruments. This continues our involvements as a U.S. participant in GOME and SCIAMACHY since their inception, and as a member of the ILAS-II Science Team. These programs have led to the launch of the first satellite instrument specifically designed to measure height-resolved ozone, including the tropospheric component (GOME), and the development of the first satellite instrument that will measure tropospheric ozone simultaneously with NO2, CO, HCHO, N2O, H2O, and CH4 (SCIAMACHY). The GOME program now includes the GOME-2 instruments, to be launched on the Eumetsat Metop satellites, providing long-term continuity in European measurements of global ozone that complement the measurements of the TOMS, SBUV, OMI, OMPS instruments. The research primarily focuses on two areas: Data analysis, including algorithm development and validation studies that will improve the quality of retrieved data products, in support for future field campaigns (to complement in situ and airborne campaigns with satellite measurements), and scientific analyses to be interfaced to atmospheric modeling studies.Hilsenrath, Ernest (Technical Monitor) and Chance, Kelly and Kurosu, ThomasGoddard Space Flight CenterATMOSPHERIC MODELS; METHANE; OZONE; SATELLITE INSTRUMENTS; TRACE ELEMENTS; SATELLITE OBSERVATION; SOLAR BACKSCATTER UV SPECTROMETER; TOTAL OZONE MAPPING SPECTROMETER; TROPOSPHERE