Measurements and Applications
Measures minor trace gas species at high latitudes, in the altitude range 10 - 60 km (O3, CH4, NO2, N2O, H2O, CFC11, HNO3, CIONO2, N2O5, aerosols, temparature, pressure).
Full Name
Improved Limb Atmospheric Spectrometer
Status
No longer operational
Instrument Agencies
Maturity
Instrument Type
Atmospheric chemistry 
Geometry
Occultation
Instrument Technology
Limb-scanning IR spectrometer
Sampling
Sounding
Resolution
700 m
[Best Resolution: 700m]
Waveband
NIR (~0.75 µm - ~1.3 µm)
| NIR (~0.75 µm - ~1.3 µm) |
| TIR (~6.0 µm - ~15.0 µm) |
ADEOS - Advanced Earth Observing Satellite (1996 - 1997) |