title: Retrievals for the atmospheric chemistry experiment Fourier-transform spectrometer.
abstract: SCISAT-1, also known as the Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment, is a satellite mission for remote sensing of the Earth's atmosphere, launched on 12 August 2003. The primary instrument on the satellite is a 0.02 cm(-1) resolution Fourier-transform spectrometer operating in the mid-IR (750-4400 cm(-1)). We describe the approach developed for the retrieval of atmospheric temperature and pressure from the troposphere to the lower thermosphere as well as the strategy for the retrievals of volume-mixing ratio profiles of atmospheric species.
authors.affiliation: University of Waterloo, Department of Chemistry, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada. cboone@acebox.uwaterloo.ca
authors.forename: Chris D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Boone
authors.forename: Ray
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nassar
authors.forename: Kaley A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Walker
authors.forename: Yves
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Rochon
authors.forename: Sean D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: McLeod
authors.forename: Curtis P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Rinsland
authors.forename: Peter F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Bernath
mesh_terms: D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D000465:Algorithms; D001272:Atmosphere / Q000032:analysis*; D001274:Atmospheric Pressure; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000379:methods*; D018531:Spacecraft; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared / Q000379:methods*; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants