Results obtained during recent flights of the LPMA balloon experiment and contribution to the Envisat validation

Y. Té (1) , Sébastien Payan (1) , P. Jeseck (1) , V. Ferreira (1) , G. Dufour (2) , A. Butz (3) , K. Pfeilsticker (3) , M. Dorf (3) , F. Weidner (3) , C. Camy-Peyret (1)

1 LPMAA - Laboratoire de Physique Moleculaire pour l'Atmosphere et l'Astrophysique
2 Department of Chemistry [Waterloo]
3 Institut für Umweltphysik [Heidelberg]

The LPMAA balloon experiment, based on a Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectrometer, has already proved its capabilities to prepare and to validate satellite missions : IASI mission, validations of ILAS and ODIN, second Atmospheric Chemistry Validation of ENVISAT (ACVE-2)... Several flights from August 2002 to March 2004 (LPMA19, LPMA20, IASI02, LPMA22) have been dedicated to the validation of ENVISAT instruments. Results from these recent flights are presented here. This contribution to the ENVISAT validation (MIPAS, SCIAMACHY) provides high vertical resolution profiles of trace species (CH4, N2O, HCl, NO2, NO, CO, O3, HNO3) from the upper troposphere to the lower stratosphere.

Domaines: Chimie; Physique Atmosphérique et Océanique [physics.ao-ph]

Y. Té, Sébastien Payan, P. Jeseck, V. Ferreira, G. Dufour, et al.. Results obtained during recent flights of the LPMA balloon experiment and contribution to the Envisat validation. 17th ESA Symposium on European Rocket and Balloon Programmes and Related Research., May 2005, Sanderfjord, Norway. pp.209-217. ⟨hal-00123881⟩