Overview
- Performances of the operational retrieval codes
- Capabilities and performances "Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding" (MIPAS)
- Scanning Imaging Absorption Spectrometer for Atmospheric CHartographY" (SCIAMACHY)
- ENVISAT satellite
- Remote sensing of trace species in the atmosphere
- Quantitative spectroscopy in the microwave up to the middle infrared regions for atmospheric trace gases
- Aerosols and humitidy retrievals
- Expertise and databases
Part of the book series: Nato Security through Science Series C: (NASTC)
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About this book
Recent ecological disasters make human beings aware of changes in the Earth’s climate. At the present time anthropogenic activities lead to the emission of greenhouse gases, pollutants, aerosols and ozone depleting substances and the scientific community in general feels responsible for understanding how changes in atmospheric chemistry can affect the Earth’s climate.
The first part of these proceedings describes the current capabilities of various satellite experiments which are performing measurements of the Earth’s atmosphere, as for example some of the results obtained recently by three experiments onboard the Environment Satellite (ENVISAT), namely, the Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment (GOME), the SCanning Imaging Absorption for Atmospheric CHartographY (SCIAMACHY) and the Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding (MIPAS). For the analysis of spectra recorded by these instruments it is necessary to make good use of efficient radiative transfer codes. These computer codes need as input, a dataset of high quality spectroscopic parameters which can be generated only through a careful analysis of high quality laboratory measurements. In addition some of the future satellite missions which are under preparation at the European Space Agency (ESA) are briefly described.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere for Environmental Security
Editors: Agnès Perrin, Najate Ben Sari-Zizi, Jean Demaison
Series Title: Nato Security through Science Series C:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5090-9
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2006
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-5088-6Published: 22 August 2006
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-5089-3Published: 22 August 2006
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-5090-9Published: 21 January 2007
Series ISSN: 1871-4668
Series E-ISSN: 1871-4692
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 353
Topics: Natural Hazards, Monitoring/Environmental Analysis, Climate Change, Environmental Physics, Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry, Terrestrial Pollution