SciSat-1: retrieval algorithms, ACE-FTS testing, and the ACE database

Ray Nassar; Christopher D. Boone; Kaley A. Walker; Sean D. McLeod; Peter F. Bernath

doi:10.1117/12.504639

10 November 2003 SciSat-1: retrieval algorithms, ACE-FTS testing, and the ACE database

Ray Nassar, Christopher D. Boone, Kaley A. Walker, Sean D. McLeod, Peter F. Bernath

Proceedings Volume 5151, Earth Observing Systems VIII; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.504639
Event: Optical Science and Technology, SPIE's 48th Annual Meeting, 2003, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The SCISAT-1 mission, also known as the Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment (ACE), is a Canadian satellite mission to investigate the chemical and dynamical processes that control the distribution of ozone in the stratosphere and upper troposphere. The satellite is scheduled to launch in August 2003, carrying two main instruments: a high-resolution infrared Fourier transform spectrometer (ACE-FTS) and a dual grating UV-Vis-NIR spectrometer known as MAESTRO (Measurement of Aerosol Extinction in the Stratosphere and Troposphere Retrieved by Occultation) both operating primarily in solar occultation mode. Aspects of the mission pertaining to work done by ACE science team members from the University of Waterloo will be described, such as: the ACE-FTS forward model for retrieval of temperature, pressure and VMR profiles; ACE-FTS instrument testing and results; and the ACE Database along with data storage and processing hardware.

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Ray Nassar, Christopher D. Boone, Kaley A. Walker, Sean D. McLeod, and Peter F. Bernath "SciSat-1: retrieval algorithms, ACE-FTS testing, and the ACE database", Proc. SPIE 5151, Earth Observing Systems VIII, (10 November 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.504639

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