IASI
| Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer | |
|---|---|
| Satellite | MetOp-A, MetOp-B |
| Agency | ESA |
| Launch Date | 2006 |
| Measurement Period | 29 May 2007 - present |
| Measurement Principle |
Fourier transform spectrometer (3.6 -15.5 μm) |
IASI is a satellite FTIR.
IASI is on-board MetOp-A, a European meteorological satellite that has been operational from 2007. MetOp-A is the first of three satellites that are planned to operate for fourteen years (MetOp-B was lauched on 17 September 2013). It crosses the equator on the descending node at 9:30 a.m. local time. IASI is a Fourier transform spectrometer that covers the spectral range 645 to 2760 cm−1 (3.62–15.5 μm) with a spectral sampling of 0.25 cm−1 and an apodized spectral resolution of 0.5 cm−1 (Blumstein et al., 2004).[1] It is specified to have a radiometric accuracy of 0.25–0.58K and a field-of-view of 12 km at nadir. It has a 2200 km wide swath and achieves near uniform global coverage in 12 h (although there are some gaps between orbits near the Equator). More information on IASI can be founded in Clerbaux et al. (2009).[2]
IASI level 1c data (geolocated and apodized spectra) can be obtained from both the British Atmospheric Data Centre (BADC) archive and EUMETSAT Unified Meteorological Archive Facility (UMARF) archive.
References
- ↑ Blumstein, D., Chalon, G., Carlier, T., Buil, C., H´ebert, P., Maciaszek, T., Ponce, G., Phulpin, T., Tournier, B., Sim´eoni, D., PAstruc, Clauss, A., Kayal, G., and Jegou, R.: IASI Instrument: Technical overview and measured performances, Proc. SPIE, 5543, 196–207, 2004.
- ↑ Clerbaux, C., Boynard, A., Clarisse, L., George, M., Hadji-Lazaro, J., Herbin, H., Hurtmans, D., Pommier, M., Razavi, A., Turquety, S., Wespes, C., and Coheur, P.-F.: Monitoring of atmospheric composition using the thermal infrared IASI/MetOp sounder, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 9, 6041–6054, doi:10.5194/acp-9-6041-2009, 2009.