ATMOS - Atmospheric ParameTers Measured by in-Orbit Spectroscopy

The department Atmospheric Processors (ATP) of DLR's Remote Sensing Technology Institute (IMF) operates the ATMOS webserver. It provides internal and external services in the area of spaceborne atmospheric sensors. Currently these services include

• SCIAMACHY Data Processing:
• The SCIAMACHY Data Processing website provides access to level 0-1b and level 1b-2 relevant information such as tools and documentation. In addition it links to ESA's Earthnet environment where users may download SCIAMACHY and other remotely sensed products.
  
  
• SCIAMACHY Operation Support:
• The SOST website presents both an overview of SCIAMACHY operations concepts and actual mission planning issues. It serves the SCIAMACHY user community and ENVISAT/SCIAMACHY personnel as a tool to follow the operational status of the instrument. The SOST website is maintained by SOST-DLR with input from SOST-IUP/IFE.
  
  
• GOME/ERS-2 Products:
• This site lists information on the instrument including degradation effects as well as reference documents on retrieval algorithms and applications. In addition access to browse products from GOME/ERS-2 data is provided. The browse products include
  
  
  • Ozone (O3) total column
  • Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) total column
  • Cloud fraction (CF)
  • Cloud top pressure (CTP)
  • Cloud optical thickness (COT)
  
  both in NRT and offline mode.
  
  
• GOME-2/MetOp Products:
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  This site lists reference documents on retrieval algorithms and applications. In addition access to browse products from GOME-2/MetOp data is provided. The browse products include
  
  
  • Ozone (O3) total column
  • Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) total column
  • Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) tropospheric column
  • Sulphur dioxide (SO2) total column
  • Bromine oxide (BrO) total column
  • Cloud fraction (CF)
  • Cloud top pressure (CTP)
  • Cloud optical thickness (COT)
  
  both in NRT and offline mode.
  
  
• TROPOMI/L2 Processing/Products
• The Tropospheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI) continues the long-term monitoring of atmospheric trace gas constituents started with GOME / ERS-2, SCIAMACHY / Envisat and GOME-2 / MetOp. This instrument is on board the Sentinel-5 Precursor satellite and was launched on 13th of October 2017 at 09:27 o'clock. TROPOMI can measure a range of atmospheric trace constituents, as well as cloud properties. These data are crucial for monitoring the atmospheric composition and the detection of pollutants. The browse products include
  
  
  • Ozone (O3) total column
  • Ozone (O3) tropospheric column
  • Sulphur dioxide (SO2) total column
  • Formaldehyde (HCHO) tropospheric column
  • Cloud fraction (CF)
  • Cloud top pressure (CTP)
  • Cloud optical thickness (COT)
  
  both in NRT and offline mode.
  

The listed items are the result of IMF-ATP's involvement in national and international atmospheric remote sensing activities, including algorithm & processor development as well as instrument calibration & monitoring together with instrument operations. Details can be found on the web portal of the Earth Observation Center (EOC).

In addition, IMF-ATP uses the ATMOS server for distributing reference material such as

• Annual Reports:
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  Until 2017 an annual report was prepared by IMF-ATP describing the progress and results achieved in national and international scientific collaborations or atmospheric remote sensing projects. It has turned out that these reports are considered a very useful source of information. For the years 2002-2006 the annual report exists in German. From 2007 on it is published in English thus ensuring a wider readership. Each report can be downloaded.
  
  
• Publication Lists:
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  IMF-ATP publications not only appear in renowned refereed journals but also include book contributions or magazines addressing scientific topics to the interested public. Our full publication harvest can be accessed here on an annual basis.
  
  
• Books with Author-/Editorship in ATP:
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  Besides contributing regularly to journal papers and conference proceedings, our staff is also actively publishing or editing books in atmospheric remote sensing. These are listed here.
  
  

Contact

Dr.-Ing. Diego Loyola
Department Head Atmospheric Processors (ATP)
German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Remote Sensing Technology Institute (IMF)
Oberpfaffenhofen-Wessling
Tel.: +49 8153 28-1404
Fax: +49 8153 28-1446

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Last modified: 6th June 2018