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ENVISAT
 
SCIAMACHY and the ENVISAT-1 Atmospheric Chemistry Payload


 

Envisat Instruments (click to enlarge)

 
Instrument   Method   Geometry   Time   Height   Products   Synergism  
GOMOS   Stellar Occultation UV-Vis   Limb  Night & Day  Upper Troposphere - Mesosphere  O3, OClO, BrO, NO3  together with SCIAMACHY comparison of day - night chemistry  
MIPAS   FTIR Emission   Limb  Night & Day  Upper Troposphere - Mesosphere ?  NOy-family, CFC's, COS, C2H6, ClONO2, HNO3, HNO4, N2O5   together with SCIAMACHY all important stratospheric gases will be measured  
MERIS   Vis - NIR Imager   Nadir  Day  Ground   Clouds, Albedo, Aersol  high spatial resolution information  


 
ENVISAT-1 Orbit    
Mean local time at descending node   10:00  
Inclination [deg]   98.55 
Orbit radius [km]   7159.5  
Orbit velocity [km/s]   7.45  
Mean altitude [km]   799.8  
Orbits per day [1/days]   14 11/35  
Repeat cycle [days]   35 
Orbit period [min]  100.59  


 
Additional information can be found at the ENVISAT-1 website (ESTEC).