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SCIAMACHY and ENVISAT-1

(picture from ESA/ESRIN)

SCIAMACHY and the ENVISAT-1 Atmospheric Chemistry Payload

Instrument	Method	Geometry		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

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

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