SCIAMACHY is a UV/VIS/near-IR spectrometer operating in nadir, limb and occultation modes.
It has a spectral range of 240 nm–2380 nm at a resolution of between 0.2 nm–1.5 nm
Fig 1.3.2.1: SCIAMACHY spectrometer channels
Image: AT2-ELS
SCIAMACHY measurements yield the amounts and distribution of O3, BrO, OClO, ClO, SO2, H2CO, NO2, CO, CO2, CH4, H2O, N2O, p, T, aerosol, radiation, cloud cover and cloud top height.
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