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Validation of ACE-FTS v2.2 methane profiles from the upper troposphere to the lower mesosphere
- Source :
- Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, European Geosciences Union, 2008, 8 (9), pp.2435, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Vol 8, Iss 9, Pp 2421-2435 (2008), Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2008, 8 (9), pp.2435, ResearcherID
- Publication Year :
- 2008
- Publisher :
- HAL CCSD, 2008.
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Abstract
- The ACE-FTS (Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment – Fourier Transform Spectrometer) solar occultation instrument that was launched onboard the Canadian SCISAT-1 satellite in August 2003 is measuring vertical profiles from the upper troposphere to the lower mesosphere for a large number of atmospheric constituents. Methane is one of the key species. The version v2.2 data of the ACE-FTS CH4 data have been compared to correlative satellite, balloon-borne and ground-based Fourier transform infrared remote sensing data to assess their quality. The comparison results indicate that the accuracy of the data is within 10% in the upper troposphere – lower stratosphere, and within 25% in the middle and higher stratosphere up to the lower mesosphere (
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 16807316 and 16807324
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, European Geosciences Union, 2008, 8 (9), pp.2435, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Vol 8, Iss 9, Pp 2421-2435 (2008), Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2008, 8 (9), pp.2435, ResearcherID
- Accession number :
- edsair.dedup.wf.001..237c39c3b5cae41779576ea247aabd3f