Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
May 2002
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2002agusmsa31a..01m&link_type=abstract
American Geophysical Union, Spring Meeting 2002, abstract #SA31A-01
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
0300 Atmospheric Composition And Structure, 0340 Middle Atmosphere: Composition And Chemistry, 0341 Middle Atmosphere: Constituent Transport And Chemistry (3334)
Scientific paper
The Odin Aeronomy Mission The Odin satellite was launched on 20 Feb 2001 and has begun its joint Astrophysics and Aeronomy mission. Odin is a joint project between Sweden, Finland, France and Canada with various parts of the satellite and its instruments being built in the various countries. The aeronomy mission is aimed at understanding the physical and chemical processed that control the distribution and temporal behaviour of various trace gases in the stratosphere and mesosphere, in particular ozone and water vapour as well as gases controlling the destruction of ozone. Odin carries two instruments: a sub-mm radiometer SMR and an Optical Spectrograph and Infra Red Imaging system both particularly suited to the measurement of different gases. Apart from ozone itself SMR measures ClO, nitric acid, N42O and water vapour allowing analysis of catalytic ozone destruction during the polar winters while the optical spectrograph allow us to retrieve ozone, NO2 and hopefully BrO with good precision. These gases are also intimately related to the control of ozone concentrations in the stratosphere. Further because of the close cooperation with the astronomical community the SMR measure the strongest sub-mm line of water vapour making Odin especially suited for measurements in the upper mesosphere where it will be able to make single profile measurements to altitudes above 90 km.
Murtagh Donal P.
OdinTeam a.
No associations
LandOfFree
The Odin Aeronomy Mission 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 The Odin Aeronomy Mission, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and The Odin Aeronomy Mission will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-1722183