SCIAMACHY
type: Concept
in scheme: instruments
definition: The SCanning Imaging Absorption SpectroMeter for Atmospheric CHartographY (SCIAMACHY) is an Announcement of Opportunity (AO) European Space Agency (ESA) instrument on the ENVISAT spacecraft (launched March 1, 2002). SCIAMACHY is a joint project of Germany and The Netherlands for global atmospheric measurements. SCIAMACHY comprises a moderately high resolution (0.2-0.4 nm) spectrometer to observe transmitted, reflected and scattered light from the atmosphere in the UV, visible and near infrared wavelength regions over the range 240-1700 nm, and in 2 selected regions between 2.0 and 2.4 micron. The goal is to allow small optical absorptions (as small as 2E-4 in some regions of the spectrum) to be detected. SCIAMACHY is designed to measure both tropospheric and stratospheric abundances of a number of atmospheric constituents, which take part in Ozone break-off or in the greenhouse effect. Targeted species are: -in the troposphere - Ozone,O4, N2O, NO2, HH4, CO, CO2, H2O and aerosols and, in polluted conditions, SO2 -in the stratosphere - Ozone, NO, NO2, NO3, CH4, CO2, H2O, ClO, OClO, BrO, aerosols, stratospheric clouds, and possibly, HCHO and CO. For more information see: http://www.sciamachy.de/ Group: Instrument_Details Entry_ID: SCIAMACHY Group: Instrument_Identification Instrument_Category: Earth Remote Sensing Instruments Instrument_Class: Passive Remote Sensing Instrument_Type: Spectrometers/Radiometers Instrument_Subtype: Spectrometers Short_Name: SCIAMACHY Long_Name: Scanning Imaging Absorption Spectrometer for Atmospheric Chartography End_Group Group: Instrument_Associated_Sensors Short_Name: SPECTROMETERS End_Group Group: Associated_Platforms Short_Name: ENVISAT End_Group Group: Spectral_Frequency_Information Wavelength_Keyword: Ultraviolet Spectral_Frequency_Coverage_Range: 240 nm - 2380 nm End_Group Group: Spectral_Frequency_Information Wavelength_Keyword: Visible Spectral_Frequency_Coverage_Range: 240 nm - 2380 nm End_Group Group: Spectral_Frequency_Informa…

Spectrometers
type: Concept