The ACE-MAESTRO instrument on SCISAT: description, performance, and preliminary results

2007109 citationsJournal Article

Authors

C. T. McElroy · Environment and Climate Change Canada

Caroline R. Nowlan · University of Toronto

J. R. Drummond · University of Toronto

P. F. Bernath · University of Waterloo

David V. Barton · Environment and Climate Change Canada

Denis Dufour · University of Toronto

C. Midwinter

Abstract

The Measurement of Aerosol Extinction in the Stratosphere and Troposphere Retrieved by Occultation (MAESTRO) instrument on the SCISAT satellite is a simple, compact spectrophotometer for the measurement of atmospheric extinction, ozone, nitrogen dioxide, and other trace gases in the stratosphere and upper troposphere as part of the Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment (ACE) mission. We provide an overview of the instrument from requirements to realization, including optical design, prelaunch and on-orbit performance, and a preliminary examination of retrievals of ozone and NO(2).

Topics & Keywords

Atmospheric Ozone and Climate Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Life below water

Publication Details

Published in: Applied Optics

Volume 46, Issue 20, pp. 4341-4341

DOI: 10.1364/ao.46.004341

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