The retrieval of cloud and aerosol data from mid-IR spectra recorded by satellite instruments in solar occultation mode

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Sloan ◽  
D.B. Dickens
Keyword(s):  
Ir Spectra ◽  
Solar Occultation ◽  
Satellite Instruments

scholarly journals Validation of MIPAS IMK/IAA methane profiles

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 5251-5261 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Laeng ◽  
J. Plieninger ◽  
T. von Clarmann ◽  
U. Grabowski ◽  
G. Stiller ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Atmospheric Chemistry ◽  
Michelson Interferometer ◽  
European Space Agency ◽  
Trace Gas ◽  
Mixing Ratios ◽  
Air Sampler ◽  
Solar Occultation ◽  
Space Agency ◽  
Scanning Imaging ◽  
Satellite Instruments

Abstract. The Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding (MIPAS) is an infrared (IR) limb emission spectrometer on the Envisat platform. It measures trace gas distributions during day and night, pole-to-pole, over an altitude range from 6 to 70 km in nominal mode and up to 170 km in special modes, depending on the measurement mode, producing more than 1000 profiles day−1. We present the results of a validation study of methane, version V5R_CH4_222, retrieved with the IMK/IAA (Institut für Meteorologie und Klimaforschung, Karlsruhe/Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia, Grenada) MIPAS scientific level 2 processor. The level 1 spectra are provided by the ESA (European Space Agency) and version 5 was used. The time period covered is 2005–2012, which corresponds to the period when MIPAS measured trace gas distributions at a reduced spectral resolution of 0.0625 cm−1. The comparison with satellite instruments includes the Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment Fourier Transform Spectrometer (ACE-FTS), the HALogen Occultation Experiment (HALOE), the Solar Occultation For Ice Experiment (SOFIE) and the SCanning Imaging Absorption spectroMeter for Atmospheric CHartographY (SCIAMACHY). Furthermore, comparisons with MkIV balloon-borne solar occultation measurements and with air sampling measurements performed by the University of Frankfurt are presented. The validation activities include bias determination, assessment of stability, precision validation, analysis of histograms and comparison of corresponding climatologies. Above 50 km altitude, MIPAS methane mixing ratios agree within 3 % with ACE-FTS and SOFIE. Between 30 and 40 km an agreement within 3 % with SCIAMACHY has been found. In the middle stratosphere, there is no clear indication of a MIPAS bias since comparisons with various instruments contradict each other. In the lower stratosphere (below 25 km) MIPAS CH4 is biased high with respect to satellite instruments, and the most likely estimate of this bias is 14 %. However, in the comparison with CH4 data obtained from cryogenic whole-air sampler (cryosampler) measurements, there is no evidence of a high bias in MIPAS between 20 and 25 km altitude. Precision validation is performed on collocated MIPAS–MIPAS pairs and suggests a slight underestimation of its uncertainties by a factor of 1.2. No significant evidence of an instrumental drift has been found.

scholarly journals Validation of MIPAS IMK/IAA methane profiles

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 5565-5590 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Laeng ◽  
J. Plieninger ◽  
T. von Clarmann ◽  
U. Grabowski ◽  
G. Stiller ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Atmospheric Chemistry ◽  
Michelson Interferometer ◽  
Mixing Ratios ◽  
Solar Occultation ◽  
Time Period ◽  
Measurement Mode ◽  
High Bias ◽  
Scanning Imaging ◽  
The University ◽  
Satellite Instruments

Abstract. The Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding (MIPAS) was an infra-red (IR) limb emission spectrometer on the Envisat platform. It measured during day and night, pole-to-pole, over an altitude range from 6 to 70 km in nominal mode and up to 170 km in special modes, depending on the measurement mode, producing more than 1000 profiles day−1. We present the results of a validation study of methane version V5R_CH4_222 retrieved with the IMK/IAA MIPAS scientific level 2 processor. The level 1 spectra are provided by ESA, the version 5 was used. The time period covered corresponds to the period when MIPAS measured at reduced spectral resolution, i.e. 2005–2012. The comparison with satellite instruments includes the Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment Fourier Transform Spectrometer (ACE-FTS), the HALogen Occultation Experiment (HALOE), the Solar Occultation For Ice Experiment (SOFIE) and the SCanning Imaging Absorption spectroMeter for Atmospheric CHartographY (SCIAMACHY). Furthermore, comparisons with MkIV balloon-borne solar occultation measurements and with air sampling measurements performed by the University of Frankfurt are presented. The validation activities include bias determination, in selected cases, assessment of histograms and comparison of corresponding climatologies. Above 50 km altitude, MIPAS methane mixing ratios agree within 3% with ACE-FTS and SOFIE. Between 30 and 40 km an agreement within 3% with SCIAMACHY has been found. In the middle stratosphere, there is no clear indication of a MIPAS bias since comparisons with various instruments contradict each other. In the lower stratosphere (below about 25–30 km) MIPAS CH4 is biased high with respect to satellite instruments, and the most likely estimate of this bias is 14%. However, in the comparison with CH4 data obtained from cryosampler measurements, there is no evidence of a MIPAS high bias between 20 and 25 km altitude. Precision validation is performed on collocated MIPAS-MIPAS pairs and suggests a slight underestimation of its errors by a factor of 1.2. A parametric model consisting of constant, linear, QBO and several sine and cosine terms with different periods has been fitted to the temporal variation of differences of stratospheric CH4 measurements by MIPAS and ACE-FTS for all 10° latitude/1–2 km altitude bins. Only few significant drifts can be calculated, due to the lack of data. Significant drifts with respect to ACE-FTS tend to have higher absolute values in the Northern Hemisphere, have no pronounced tendency in the sign, and do not exceed 0.2 ppmv per decade in absolute value.

scholarly journals Validation of ozone measurements from the Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment (ACE)

2008 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 2513-2656 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Dupuy ◽  
K. A. Walker ◽  
J. Kar ◽  
C. D. Boone ◽  
C. T. McElroy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Atmospheric Chemistry ◽  
Near Infrared ◽  
Positive Bias ◽  
Solar Occultation ◽  
Ozone Data ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Systematic Effects ◽  
Mean Differences ◽  
Chemistry Experiment ◽  
Satellite Instruments

Abstract. This paper presents extensive validation analyses of ozone observations from the Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment (ACE) satellite instruments: the ACE Fourier Transform Spectrometer (ACE-FTS) and the Measurement of Aerosol Extinction in the Stratosphere and Troposphere Retrieved by Occultation (ACE-MAESTRO) instrument. The ACE satellite instruments operate in the mid-infrared and ultraviolet-visible-near-infrared spectral regions using the solar occultation technique. In order to continue the long-standing record of solar occultation measurements from space, a detailed quality assessment is required to evaluate the ACE data and validate their use for scientific purposes. Here we compare the latest ozone data products from ACE-FTS and ACE-MAESTRO with coincident observations from satellite-borne, airborne, balloon-borne and ground-based instruments, by analysing volume mixing ratio profiles and partial column densities. The ACE-FTS version 2.2 Ozone Update product reports more ozone than most correlative measurements from the upper troposphere to the lower mesosphere. At altitude levels from 16 to 44 km, the mean differences range generally between 0 and +10% with a slight but systematic positive bias (typically +5%). At higher altitudes (45–60 km), the ACE-FTS ozone amounts are significantly larger than those of the comparison instruments by up to ~40% (typically +20%). For the ACE-MAESTRO version 1.2 ozone data product, agreement within ±10% (generally better than ±5%) is found between 18 and 40 km for the sunrise and sunset measurements. At higher altitudes (45–55 km), systematic biases of opposite sign are found between the ACE-MAESTRO sunrise and sunset observations. While ozone amounts derived from the ACE-MAESTRO sunrise occultation data are often smaller than the coincident observations (by as much as −10%), the sunset occultation profiles for ACE-MAESTRO show results that are qualitatively similar to ACE-FTS and indicate a large positive bias (+10 to +30%) in this altitude range. In contrast, there is no significant difference in bias found for the ACE-FTS sunrise and sunset measurements. These systematic effects in the ozone profiles retrieved from the measurements of ACE-FTS and ACE-MAESTRO are being investigated. This work shows that the ACE instruments provide reliable, high quality measurements from the tropopause to the upper stratosphere and can be used with confidence in this vertical domain.

FIRST FAR-IR SPECTRA OF 2,2-D2-PROPANE: THE ν9 (A1) B-TYPE BAND NEAR 365.3508 cm−1. THE DETERMINATION OF GROUND AND UPPER STATE CONSTANTS.

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Gjuraj ◽  
Brant Billinghurst ◽  
Jean-Marie Flaud ◽  
Walter Lafferty ◽  
Robert Grzywacz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ir Spectra ◽  
Type Band

Visualization of ultrasonic cavitation in visible and IR spectra

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Osterman ◽  
O. Coutier-Delgosha ◽  
M. Hocevar ◽  
B. Sirok
Keyword(s):  
Ir Spectra ◽  
Ultrasonic Cavitation

Light- or Dark-Colored, L-DOPA-Based Melanins

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Koen Vercruysse ◽  
Margaret M. Whalen
Keyword(s):  
Human Physiology ◽  
Ir Spectra ◽  
Immune Cells ◽  
Chemical Properties ◽  
Chemical Signature ◽  
Ft Ir

<p>This report is a continuation of previous research on the H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub>-mediated synthesis of melanin-like pigments. We synthesized and characterized L-DOPA-based pigments using air- or H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub>-mediated<sub> </sub>oxidation. We compared their physic-chemical properties and evaluated their capacity to affect the interleukin release from immune cells. The use of higher concentrations of H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> resulted in melanin-like materials with a distinct chemical signature in their FT-IR spectra and a lighter color. All pigments enhanced the interleukin release from immune cells. The possibility that lighter-colored melanins can be generated is discussed in the context of the importance of melanin-based pigmentation in human physiology.</p>

Sulphoamidic Phtalocyaninic Pigments and Dyes(II)

2008 ◽  
Vol 59 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena Stingaciu ◽  
Corneliu Minca ◽  
Ion Sebe
Keyword(s):  
Ir Spectra ◽  
Aromatic Amines ◽  
Free Groups ◽  
Cyanuric Chloride ◽  
Layer Chromatography ◽  
Phenylene Diamine

This work concerns the synthesis of pigments and phtalocyanine dyes obtained through the sulphonation of copper phtalocyanine and amidation with some aliphatic and aromatic amines (lauryl-amine, i-propyl-amine, hexadecyl-amine, stearyl-amine and acetyl-p-phenylene-diamine) with good properties for the electrotechnic utilisation and for toner materials. The pigments with amino free groups are transformed by condensation with cyanuric chloride in phtalocyanine pigments with different tinctorial properties. The dyes were analyzed through the layer chromatography and were characterized on the IR spectra bases and tinctorial tests.

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