Satellite Specifications Table
From Geos-chem
NOTE: Webpage still under development. The table and other information are being used as a template!
On this page we provide a user-friendly look-up table of satellite specifications for GEOS-Chem users interested in assessing the model against space-based observations.
General Satellite and Instrument Information
If you have used or are using space-based observations we invite you to add information to the table below.
Instrument | Satellite | Launch Date | Orbit | Equator Crossing Time | Footprint | Swath Width | Global Coverage |
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Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment (GOME) | ERS-2 | April 1995 | sun-synchronous | 10h30 LT (descending node) | 320x40 km2 | 960 km | < 3 days |
Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) | NASA EOS/Terra | December 1999 | sun-synchronous | 10h30 LT (descending node) | 14.6x17.6 km2 (for aerosol properties) | 400 km | 9 days |
Scanning Imaging Absorption Spectrometer for Atmospheric Cartography (SCIAMACHY) | ESA ENVISAT | March 2002 | sun-synchronous | 10h30 LT (descending node) | 60x30 km2 | 960 km | 6 days |
Atmospheric InfraRed Sounder (AIRS) | NASA EOS/Aqua | May 2002 | sun-synchronous | 13h30 LT (ascending node) | 13.5 km (nadir) | 1650 km | 1 day |
Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) | NASA EOS/Aura | July 2004 | sun-synchronous | 13h45 LT (ascending node) | 13x24 km2 (nadir) | 2600 km | 1 day |
Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment-2 (GOME-2) | ESA MetOpA | October 2006 | sun-synchronous | 09h30 LT (descending node) | 80x40 km2 | 1920 km | 1.5 days |
Satellite-Observed Species Information
If you have used GEOS-Chem results in a model intercomparison study, we invite you to add your information to the table below.
Species (Instrument) | Version and Level | Retrieval Spectrum | Spectral Resolution | DoFS | Uncertainty | Download link | References | Current Data Users |
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POLARCAT Model Intercomparison | Gas phase species, including O3, CO, NO, NO2, PAN, HNO3, NOy, H2O, C2H6, C3H8, C2H2, acetone, acetaldehyde and OH | Jingqiu Mao (NOAA/GFDL) |
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2008 | Phase-1 is done. Now phase-2 is in progress. | N/A | Simulations include a 1-year spin-up period (2007) and a full 12-month integration (Jan-Dec 2008) which will be used for comparison with long-term monthly-mean surface observations and satellite fields for 2008.
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