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SCIAMACHY validation by aircraft remote measurements: design, execution, and first results of the SCIA-VALUE mission
A. Fix
andreas.fix@dlr.de
G. Ehret
H. Flentje
G. Poberaj
M. Gottwald
H. Finkenzeller
H. Bremer
M. Bruns
J. P. Burrows
A. Kleinböhl
H. Küllmann
J. Kuttippurath
A. Richter
P. Wang
K.-P. Heue
U. Platt
T. Wagner
Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, DLR Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Deutsches Fernerkundungsdatenzentrum, DLR Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Flugbetrieb, DLR Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Institut für Umweltphysik, Universität Bremen, Germany
Institut für Umweltphysik, Universität Heidelberg, Germany
now at: Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Institute of Quantum Electronics, Zurich, Switzerland
For the first time three different remote sensing instruments – a
sub-millimeter radiometer, a differential optical absorption spectrometer in
the UV-visible spectral range, and a lidar – were deployed aboard DLR's
meteorological research aircraft Falcon 20 to validate a large number of
SCIAMACHY level 2 and off-line data products such as O<sub>3</sub>, NO<sub>2</sub>,
N<sub>2</sub>O, BrO, OClO, H<sub>2</sub>O, aerosols, and clouds. Within two main
validation campaigns of the SCIA-VALUE mission (SCIAMACHY VALidation and
Utilization Experiment) extended latitudinal cross-sections stretching from
polar regions to the tropics as well as longitudinal cross sections at polar
latitudes at about 70° N and the equator have been generated. This
contribution gives an overview over the campaigns performed and reports on
the observation strategy for achieving the validation goals. We also
emphasize the synergetic use of the novel set of aircraft instrumentation
and the usefulness of this innovative suite of remote sensing instruments
for satellite validation.