SCIAMACHY Products

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all NO₂ products
product	made by	order	period	maturenessdocumentation, availability and content click on 'i' for explanation and criteria i				valvalidation status, click on 'i' for explanation i
product	made by	order	period	ADAlgorithm Document	PSDProduct Specification Document	AvData Availability	CProduct Content	valvalidation status, click on 'i' for explanation i
NO2 vertical column	ESA		Aug 2002 to now			^*)		v3.01
	IFE/IUP Bremen		Aug 2002 to now			^*)		p. valid.
	KNMI/BIRA		Jan 2003 to now					validated
NO2 slant column	BIRA-IASB		Jan 2003 to now			^*)		validated
NO2 slant column	Dalhousie/SAO		Jan 2003 to now
NO2 tropospheric column	IFE/IUP Bremen		Aug 2002 to end			^*)		validated
	KNMI/BIRA		Jan 2003 to end					validated
	Dalhousie/SAO		Jan 2003 to end
	MPI Mainz/IUP Heidelberg		2003 to 2011					demonst.
NO2 profile	IFE/IUP Bremen		Sep 2002 to now			^*)
	ESA		Aug 2002 to now			^*)		v3.01
	MPI Mainz/IUP Heidelberg		Sep 2002 to now			^*)
	SAO		on request					demonst.

*): some restrictions on data use, see product details (click on institute)

NO2 profile by IFE/IUP Bremen (last update: 18 Sep 2009)
available data	The latest version 3.1 is available from 2003 through to 2005. Other versions: September 2002 to now (v3.0), September 2002 - December 2004 (v1.1), January 2005 - now (v2.1). Data is available via the SCIA-ARC website.
point of contact	Alexei Rozanov
algorithm description	The algorithm is described in the Algorithm Document.
product details	All details can be be found in the Product Specification Documents for v1.1, v2.1, v3.0 and v3.1. Restrictions for data use apply.
validation results	The SCIA-ARC website also lists preliminary validation results.

SCIAMACHY NO2 profile (IFE) validation literature:

NO2 Profile retrieval using airborne multi axis UV-visible skylight absorption measurements over central Europe
M. Bruns, S. A. Buehler, J. P. Burrows, A. Richter, A. Rozanov, P. Wang,K. P. Heue, U. Platt, I. Pundt, and T. Wagner

Abstract/Article:	Atmos. Chem. Phys., 6, 3049–3058, 2006
Product:	NO2 vertical columns
Institute:	IUP- Bremen, IUP-Heidelberg
Method:	"Airborne multiaxis differential optical absorption spectrometer (AMAXDOAS)"

Inter-comparison of stratospheric O3 and NO2 abundances retrieved from balloon borne direct sun observations and Envisat/SCIAMACHY limb measurements
A. Butz, H. Bösch, C. Camy-Peyret, M. Chipperfield, M. Dorf, G. Dufour, K. Grunow, P. Jeseck, S. Kühl, S. Payan, I. Pepin, J. Pukite, A. Rozanov, C. von Savigny, C. Sioris, T.Wagner, F.Weidner, and K. Pfeilsticker

Abstract/Article:	Atmos. Chem. Phys., 6, 1293–1314, 2006
Product:	stratospheric O3 and NO2 limb profiles
Institute:	O3: IUP/IFE - NO2: IUP/IFE, IUP-Heidelberg, SAO
Method:	Balloon borne direct sun observations

Validation of operational SCIAMACHY level-2 products by balloon-borne differential optical absorption spectroscopy (DOAS)
K. Pfeilsticker, H. Bösch, A. Butz, C. Camy-Peyre, M.P. Chipperfield, M. Dorf, K. Grunow, L. Kritten, A. Lindner, S. Payan, A. Rozanov, C. von Savigny, B. Simmes, C. Sioris and F. Weidner

Abstract/Article:	Proceedings of the Third Workshop on the Atmospheric Chemistry Validation of ENVISAT (ACVE-3), 4-7 Dec. 2006, ESA/ESRIN, Frascati, Italy, ESA Publications Division Special Publication SP-642 (CD), 2006.
Product:	profiles of O3, NO2, BrO
Institute:	O3, NO2: OL 3.0 and IUP-Bremen & BrO: SAO
Method:	Balloon-borne DOAS measurements (Kiruna, Sweden/ Aire sur l’Adour, France/Teresina, Brazil)

Comparisons and validation of SCIAMACHY O3 and NO2 profiles from OL3.0 and IUP/IFE retrieval with ACE-FTS, GOMOS, HALOE, MIPAS, POAM III and SAGE II
A. Bracher, L. Amekudzi, K. Bramstedt, K.-U. Eichmann, A. Rozanov, C. von Savigny, J. Steinwagner and J.P. Burrows

Abstract/Article:	Proceedings of the Third Workshop on the Atmospheric Chemistry Validation of ENVISAT (ACVE-3), 4-7 Dec. 2006, ESA/ESRIN, Frascati, Italy, ESA Publications Division Special Publication SP-642 (CD), 2006.
Product:	O3, NO2 profiles
Institute:	IUP/IFE, University of Bremen
Method:	ACE FTS, v2.2update/ HALOE, v19/POAM III, v4/SAGE II, v6.2/GOMOS/MIPAS

Validation of SCIAMACHY Level-1 and Level-2 Products by Balloon-Borne Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy (DOAS)
Dorf, M., H. Bösch, A. Butz, C. Camy-Peyret, M. P. Chipperfield, K. Gerilowski, K. Grunow, W. Gurlit, H. Harder, S. Kühl, L. Kritten, A. Lindner, S. Payan, A. Rozanov, C. von Savigny, B. Simmes, C. Sioris, F. Weidner, and K. Pfeilsticker

Abstract/Article:	"Proc. of the First ‘Atmospheric Science Conference’, ESRIN, Frascati, Italy 8 – 12 May 2006 (ESA SP-628, July 2006)"
Product:	Level 1 (Limb radiance and solar irradiance) and level 2 products (profiles of O3, NO2, BrO)
Institute:	L1: IUP-Bremen/ O3: IUP-Bremen/NO2: IUP-HD, IUP-Bremen and Havard-Smithsonian/BrO: Havard-Smithsonian
Method:	Balloon-Borne Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy (DOAS)

Nighttime NOx from SCIAMACHY Lunar Occultation Measurements
L. K. Amekudzi, A. Bracher, K. Bramstedt, H. Bovensmann, and J. P Burrows

Abstract/Article:	"Proc. of the First ‘Atmospheric Science Conference’, ESRIN, Frascati, Italy 8 – 12 May 2006 (ESA SP-628, July 2006)"
Product:	Lunar occultation measurements of NO2 and NO3 vertical profiles
Institute:	IUP/IFE, University of Bremen
Method:	NO2: daytime HALOE NO2 profiles/NO3: model

Current Retrieval and Inter-Comparisons Results of SCIAMACHY Nighttime NOx
L. K. Amekudzi, K. Bramstedt, A. Bracher, A. Rozanov, H. Bovensmann, and J. P. Burrows

Abstract/Article:	Proc. ‘Envisat Symposium 2007’, Montreux, Switzerland 23–27 April 2007 (ESA SP-636, July 2007)
Product:	NO2 and NO3 vertical profiles
Institute:	IUP/IFE, University of Bremen
Method:	NO2: HALOE and SAGE II/NO3:chemical model outputs

Global Validation of SCIAMACHY O3 and NO2 Profiles from OL3.0 and IUP/IFE Retrieval with Collocated Measurements from ACE-FTS, GOMOS, HALOE, MIPAS, POAM III and SAGE II
A. Bracher, L.K. Amekudzi, K. Bramstedt, K.-U. Eichmann, A. Rozanov, C. von Savigny, J.P. Burrows

Abstract/Article:	Proc. ‘Envisat Symposium 2007’, Montreux, Switzerland 23–27 April 2007 (ESA SP-636, July 2007)
Product:	O3 and NO2 profiles
Institute:	IUP/IFE, University of Bremen
Method:	ACE-FTS, GOMOS, HALOE, MIPAS, POAM III and SAGE II