Global PAN retrieval from MIPAS spectra

Interactive comment on “Global peroxyacetyl nitrate (PAN) retrieval in the upper troposphere from limb emission spectra of the Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding (MIPAS)” by N. Glatthor et al

Interactive comment on “Global peroxyacetyl nitrate (PAN) retrieval in the upper troposphere from limb emission spectra of the Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding (MIPAS)” by N. Glatthor et al

Interactive comment on “Global peroxyacetyl nitrate (PAN) retrieval in the upper troposphere from limb emission spectra of the Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding (MIPAS)” by N. Glatthor et al

Global Peroxyacetyl Nitrate (pan) Retrieval in the Upper Troposphere from Limb Emission Spectra of the Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding (mipas)

Limb emission spectra of the Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding (MIPAS) onboard the ENVIronmental SATellite (ENVISAT) are used to derive the first global distribution of peroxyacetyl nitrate (PAN) in the upper troposphere. PAN is generated in polluted tropospheric air masses and acts as a carrier of NO in the cold upper troposphere. The analysed dataset covers the period ...

Envisat MIPAS measurements of CFC-11: retrieval, validation, and climatology

From July 2002 to March 2004 the Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding (MIPAS) aboard the European Space Agency’s Environmental Satellite (Envisat) measured nearly continuously mid infrared limb radiance spectra. These measurements are utilised to retrieve the global distribution of the chlorofluorocarbon CFC11 by applying a new fast forward model for Envisat MIPAS and an ac...