Copernicus Cal/Val Solution - D3.1 Recommendations for R&D activities on Instrumentation Technologies

The Document identifies the gaps in instrumentation technologies for pre-flight characterisation, onboard calibration and Fiducial Reference Measurements (FRM) used for calibration and validation (Cal/Val) activities for the current Copernicus missions. It also addresses the measurement needs for future Copernicus missions and gives a prioritised list of recommendations for R&D activities on instrumentation technologies. Four types of missions are covered based on the division used in the rest of the CCVS project: optical, altimetry, radar and microwave and atmospheric composition. It also gives an overview of some promising instrumentation technologies in each measurement field for FRM that could fill the gaps for requirements not yet met for the current and future Copernicus missions and identifies the research and development (R&D) activities needed to mature these example technologies. The Document does not provide an exhaustive list of all the new technologies being developed but will give a few examples for each field to show what efforts are being made to fill the gaps. None of the examples is promoted as the best possible solutions. The selection is based on the authors' knowledge during the preparation of the Document. The information included is mainly collected from the deliverables of work packages 1 and 2 in the CCVS project. The new technologies are primarily from the interviews with various measurement networks and campaigns carried out in tasks 2.4 and 2.5. Reference documents can be found in section 1.3

Nine Years of Atmospheric Remote Sensing with SCIAMACHY - Atmospheric Parameters and Data Products

The SCIAMACHY instrument on-board ENVISAT measures since 2002 trace gas constituents of the atmosphere in nadir, limb and occultation configuration. It is an imaging spectrometer with a spectral range from the UV/VIS to SWIR (212 nm – 2384nm). In this paper we describe shortly the current status of the operational processing chains from Level 0-1b and Level 1b-2 that deliver Earth radiances, solar irradiance, trace gas total columns and profiles as well as cloud characteristics on an orbital basis. An outlook for future operational products is also given