Measurements and Applications
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.
Full Name
Michelson Interferometric Passive Atmosphere Sounder
Status
No longer operational
Instrument Agencies
Maturity
Instrument Type
Atmospheric temperature and humidity sounders 
and Atmospheric chemistry
Geometry
Side-looking
Instrument Technology
Limb-scanning IR spectrometer
Sampling
Sounding
Data Access
Open Access
Data Format
Resolution
Vertical resolution: 3 km, vertical scan range 5 - 150 km, Horizontal: 3 x 30 km, Spectral resolution: 0.035 lines/cm
Accuracy
Radiometric precision: 685 - 970 cm-1: 1%, 2410 cm-1: 3%
Waveband
MWIR-TIR: between 4.15 and 14.6 µm
| NIR (~0.75 µm - ~1.3 µm) |
| MWIR (~3.0 µm - ~6.0 µm) |
| TIR (~6.0 µm - ~15.0 µm) |
Envisat - Environmental Satellite (2002 - 2012) |