MIPAS
(Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding)

The Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding (MIPAS) is a Fourier transform spectrometer for the measurement of high-resolution gaseous emission spectra at the Earth's limb. It operates in the near to mid infrared where many of the atmospheric trace-gases playing a major role in atmospheric chemistry have important emission features.

The objectives of MIPAS are:

• Simultaneous and global measurements of geophysical parameters in the middle atmosphere;
• Stratospheric chemistry: O3, H2O, CH4, N2O, and HNO3; and Climatology:
• Temperature, CH4, N2O, O3 ;
• Study of chemical composition, dynamics, and radiation budget of the middle atmosphere;
• Monitoring of stratospheric O3 and CFC's.
  
  
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  • MIPAS Operation
    
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  • MIPAS Optical Module
  • MIPAS Inteferometer EM
  • MIPAS Inteferometer Assembly
  • MIPAS Front End Optics
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Keywords: ESA European Space Agency - Agence spatiale europeenne, observation de la terre, earth observation, satellite remote sensing, teledetection, geophysique, altimetrie, radar, chimique atmospherique, geophysics, altimetry, radar, atmospheric chemistry