Balloon-related activities of the IMK/FZK: instruments, activities and results

Computer Science – Sound

Scientific paper

Rate now

  [ 0.00 ] – not rated yet Voters 0   Comments 0

Details

Earth Stratosphere, Balloons

Scientific paper

The Institut für Meteorologie und Klimaforschung of the Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe (IMK/FZK) is operating a balloon-borne instrument for atmospheric research since the late eighties. The MIPAS-B (Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding - Balloon) instrument, a cryogenic Fourier spectrometer for limb emission measurements has flown 13 times in two different versions from France and Sweden. In this time the instrument has participated in three large international campaigns (EASOE, SESAME, THESEO) and several smaller field-activities (CHORUS, CHELOSBA, POSTA) concerning stratospheric chemistry from which important contributions to the understanding of the Arctic ozone depletion mechanisms have been achieved. Additionally, the instrument participated as core payload in the validation of the Japanese ILAS instrument on-board ADEOS and supported the validation of the American CLAES instrument onboard UARS. MIPAS-B data served also to test the level 2 algorithms for the MIPAS-instrument on-board ENVISAT. Present activities focus on the understanding of the composition and role of polar stratospheric clouds. The second centre of attention in the next years will be the validation of the European satellite sensors GOMOS, MIPAS, and SCIAMACHY with the established MIPAS-B version.

No associations

LandOfFree

Say what you really think

Search LandOfFree.com for scientists and scientific papers. Rate them and share your experience with other people.

Rating

Balloon-related activities of the IMK/FZK: instruments, activities and results does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with Balloon-related activities of the IMK/FZK: instruments, activities and results, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Balloon-related activities of the IMK/FZK: instruments, activities and results will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

     

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-953563

  Search
All data on this website is collected from public sources. Our data reflects the most accurate information available at the time of publication.