MIPAS Data Sheet
By means of limb sounding of infrared emissions, the MIPAS interferometer will measure profiles of over 20 trace gases globally day and night between the upper troposphere and the lower thermosphere. MIPAS is an ESA instrument originally proposed by IMK (Karlsruhe, Germany).
| Specifications | Vertical scan range / resolution: 6- 68 km (150 km offline) / 3 km |
| Horizontal resolution: 500 x 500 km | |
| Spectral range / resolution: 4.15 - 14.6 µm / 0.035 cm-1 (unapodized) | |
| Radiometric precision: 2% | |
| Interferometer scan time: 4 sec | |
| Mission objectives | Stratospheric chemistry: global ozone and polar stratospheric chemistry, e.g., O3, NO, NO2, HNO3, HNO4, N2O5, ClONO2, ClO, HOCl, PSCs |
| Climate research: global distribution of trace gases and clouds relevant for the climate, e.g., O3, CH4, H2O, N2O, CFCs, OCS, p, T, aerosols, cirrus. |
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| Dynamics: stratospheric transport processes; troposphere-stratosphere exchange of O3, CH4, N2O, CFCs, SF6. |
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| Tropospheric chemistry: H2O, CH4, O3, HNO3, NO, PAN, aerosol, OCS, HCN in the upper troposphere. |
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| Operational ESA level 2 products (NRT and off-line) |
Localized vertical profiles of: p, T, O3, H2O, CH4, N2O, HNO3, NO2 |
| Products of well defined scientific topic (OFL, at IMK) |
NO, N2O5, ClONO2, CFC's, etc. |
| Higher level data products (D-PAC, KNMI) |
under developement: maps of atmospheric constituents for different height layers |
