sciamachy

The SCIAMACHY instrument operates in all three of these modes.

SCIAMACHY uses 3 different targeting modes: to the nadir (against the sun), to the limbus (through the atmospheric corona), and during solar or lunar eclipses.

That we are able to detect regionally elevated CO2 over Europe shows the high quality of the SCIAMACHY CO2 measurements.'

The first semifinalist to hear the dreaded elimination bell was 12-year-old Emily Keaton of Pikeville, Ky., who left the "c" out of "sciamachy," a noun that means fighting with a shadow.

The SCIAMACHY sensor aboard the European Space Agency's Envisat environmental satellite has detected for the first time the regional distribution of carbon dioxide from manmade emissions.

Christopher Sioris SCIAMACHY observations of minor, ozone-related constituents in the troposphere and stratosphere (AQRB Boardroom)

So far, Monks and his colleagues have relied on the data from Envisat and other sources, which is processed through an instrument called "Sciamachy," a technical acronym that in ancient Greek means "battling shadows."

It is expected that the data obtained from the SCIAMACHY will help not only shed light on CO2 sources and sinks, but also on how carbon sinks will respond to a changing climate.

OMI follows in the heritage of TOMS, SBUV, GOME, SCIAMACHY, and GOMOS.

SCIAMACHY, aboard the ENVISAT satellite, was launched by ESA (European Space Agency) from Kourou, French Guiana, in March 2002.

The maps are based on three years of observations by SCIAMACHY (Scanning Imaging Absorption Spectrometer for Atmospheric Chartography), the first ever space sensor capable of measuring greenhouse gases directly down to the Earth's surface.

J. SCIAMACHY - SCanning Imaging Absorption spectroMeter for Atmospheric CHartographY Maps atmosphere over a very wide wavelength range, which allows detection of trace gases, ozone and related gases, clouds and dust particles throughout the atmosphere.