Spectrometers
SCIAMACHY
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_Information Wavelength_Keyword: Near Infrared Spectral_Frequency_Coverage_Range: 240 nm - 2380 nm End_Group Online_Resource: http://www.sciamachy.de/ Sample_Image: http://envisat.esa.int/instruments/tour-index/hardware_img/x_Fmint01.jpg Creation_Date: 2007-09-12 End_Group