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The new MERLIN Instrument for Atmospheric Methane: Quality and Performance Monitoring

Hamidouche, Mourad and Trautmann, Thomas and Gottwald, Manfred and Lichtenberg, Günter (2015) The new MERLIN Instrument for Atmospheric Methane: Quality and Performance Monitoring. Gordon Research Conference: Radiation and Climate, 2015-07-26 - 2015-07-31, Lewiston, USA.

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Abstract

After water vapor and carbon dioxide, Methane is the most abundant greenhouse gas in the Earth atmosphere. The new generation space borne Lidar mission MERLIN (Methane Remote Sensing Lidar Mission) will make very sensitive measurements of the Methane distribution with unprecedented quality, i.e. 50km averaged methane columns with an accuracy of ~ 1%. After its launch in 2019, MERLIN will track down the Methane sources and sinks on a global scale. We present here one of the key ground segment work components that support MERLIN scientific activities which is Long-term Monitoring of the instrument .This function includes tracking the behavior of the instrument and its subsystems overtime as well as verification and validation of the scientific data during the entire lifetime of the mission. It mainly monitors the instrument’s performance in response to expected or unexpected natural events or technical situations. This is achieved by analyzing the measurement data and housekeeping information over different time frames. We include here some examples from our previous missions’ experience, such as from SCIAMACHY.

Item URL in elib:https://elib.dlr.de/100390/
Document Type:Conference or Workshop Item (Poster)
Title:The new MERLIN Instrument for Atmospheric Methane: Quality and Performance Monitoring
Authors:
AuthorsInstitution or Email of AuthorsAuthor's ORCID iDORCID Put Code
Hamidouche, MouradUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Trautmann, ThomasDLR IMFUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Gottwald, ManfredDLR-IMFUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Lichtenberg, GünterDLR-IMFUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Date:2015
Refereed publication:No
Open Access:No
Gold Open Access:No
In SCOPUS:No
In ISI Web of Science:No
Status:Published
Keywords:Atmospheric methane, MERLIN, Sciamachy, Performance monitoring, Lidar
Event Title:Gordon Research Conference: Radiation and Climate
Event Location:Lewiston, USA
Event Type:international Conference
Event Start Date:26 July 2015
Event End Date:31 July 2015
HGF - Research field:Aeronautics, Space and Transport
HGF - Program:Space
HGF - Program Themes:Earth Observation
DLR - Research area:Raumfahrt
DLR - Program:R EO - Earth Observation
DLR - Research theme (Project):R - Atmospheric and climate research, R - Vorhaben Datenprodukte für Klima- und Atmosphärenanwendungen (old)
Location: Oberpfaffenhofen
Institutes and Institutions:Remote Sensing Technology Institute > Atmospheric Processors
Deposited By: Hamidouche, Mourad
Deposited On:02 Dec 2015 17:10
Last Modified:24 Apr 2024 20:05

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