CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY
- MIPAS
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Full Name
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Michelson Interferometric Passive Atmosphere Sounder
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Status
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No longer operational
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Instrument Agencies
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ESA
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Maturity
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Instrument Type
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Atmospheric temperature and humidity sounders  and Atmospheric chemistry
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Geometry
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Side-looking
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Instrument Technology
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Limb-scanning IR spectrometer
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Sampling
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Sounding
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Data Access
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Open Access
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Data Format
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Measurements and Applications
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Data on stratosphere chemistry (global/polar ozone), climate research (trace gases/clouds), transport dynamics, tropospheric chemistry. Primary/secondary species: O3, NO, NO2, HNO3, N2O5, ClONO2, CH4.
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Resolution Summary
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Vertical resolution: 3 km, vertical scan range 5 - 150 km, Horizontal: 3 x 30 km, Spectral resolution: 0.035 lines/cm
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Swath Summary
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Accuracy Summary
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Radiometric precision: 685 - 970 cm-1: 1%, 2410 cm-1: 3%
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Waveband Summary
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MWIR-TIR: between 4.15 and 14.6 µm
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| NIR (~0.75 µm - ~1.3 µm) |
| MWIR (~3.0 µm - ~6.0 µm) |
| TIR (~6.0 µm - ~15.0 µm) |
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Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
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Instrument Missions
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