Table 3

SATELLITE CHEMISTRY MISSIONS

Experiment	Measurement	Parameters	Profile (P) or Column (C)	Satellite	Status	Investigator	

HALOE	
IR Solar
Occultation	
O3,HCl, HF, CH4, H2O, NO, NO2, Aerosols, T (P)	
P
T (P) 30-80 km
O3 8-90 km
H2O 8-80 km	
UARS	
Operational
since 1991
still in 1995
1998 ?	
J.M. Russell III
MS 401B NASA Langley
Hampton, VA 23681 USA
T  1-804-864-5691
F  1-804-864-6326
russell@haloe.larc.nasa.gov	

MLS	
Microwave
Limb
Emission	
O3, ClO,
HNO3, H2O,
SO2, T (P)	
P
T (P) 16-70 km
O3 16-65 km
H2O 20-65 km	
UARS	
Operational
since 1991
still in 1995
1998 ?	
Joe Waters
4800 Oak Grove Dr.,
MS 169-237 Pasadena, CA
91109 USA
T  1-818-354-3025
F  1-818-393-5065
joe@mlraac.jpl.nasa.gov	

GOME	
UV, Visible
Near IR Nadir
Viewing	
O3, 
O2, O4,
H2O, HCHO,
SO2, NO,
NO2, ClO,
OClO, BrO	
C, P
O3 0-50 km
C,

	
ERS-2	
Operational
from 1995
1998 ?	
Core P/L Inst.
Resp. Person
Chris Readings
P.O. Box 299, Noordwijk
The Netherlands
T  31-1719-85673
F  31-1719-85675
creading@estec.esa.nl	

SAGE II	
Solar
Occultation in
the UV/Visible/
Near IR	
O3, H2O,
NO2, 
Aerosols	
P
O3 8-65 km
H20 	
ERBS	
Operational
from 1995
1998 ?	
M.P. McCormick
MS 475, NASA
Langley Hampton,
VA 23681 USA
T  1-804-864-2669
F  1-804-864-2671
m.p.mccormick@larc.nasa.gov	

Table 3 (contd.)

SATELLITE CHEMISTRY MISSIONS

Experiment	Measurement	Parameters	Profile (P) or Column (C)	Satellite	Status	Investigator	

POAM II

POAM III

OOAM	
Solar 
Occultation in theUV/Visible/ Near IR

55N-72N
66S-88S

68N-68S	
O3, H2O,
NO2,
Aerosols,
T (Z), r	
P
T (Z) 10-50 km
O3 17-45 km
H2O 5-60 km	
SPOT-3

SPOT-4

STEP-4	
Operational
from 1994
1998 ?

3Q 1997

3Q 1997	
R. Bevilacqua
Code 7227
Washington, DC
20375-5351
T  1-202-767-0768
F  1-202-767-0005
bevilacqu@map.nrl.
navy.mil	

SBUV/2	
Backscatter
UV	
O3	
P, C
O3 25-60 km	
NOAA-K
NOAA-L
	
2Q  1996
4Q 1997
	
Walter Planet
NOAA/NESDIS
T  1-301-763-8136
F  1-301-763-8108
wplanet@orbit.nesdis.noaa.gov	

TOMS	
Backscatter
UV	
O3	
C	
Earth
Probe

ADEOS	
2Q 1996

3Q 1996	
Richard McPeters
T  1-301-286-3832
F  1-301-286-1754
mcpeters@wrabbit.
gsfc.nasa.gov	

ILAS

ILAS-II	
IR Occultation
(Polar Regions)	
O3, H20,
NO2,HNO3,
N2O, CH4,
CFC-11, T(p)	
P
T (P) 15-60 km
O3 10-90 km
H2O 10-80 km	
ADEOS

ADEOS-II	
3Q 1996

1Q 1999	
Y.Sasano
NIES
Tsukuba, Ibaraki
305, Japan
T  81- 298-51-6111
sasano@nies.go.jp	

Table 3 (contd.)

SATELLITE CHEMISTRY MISSIONS

Experiment	Measurement	Parameters	Profile (P) or Column (C)	Satellite	Status	Investigator	

SAGE III	
UV/Visible/
Near IR
Occultation
(Solar & Lunar)	
O3, H2O,
NO2, NO3,
OClO,
Aerosols,
T (P)	
P
T (P) 6-70 km
O3 6-85 km
H2O 3-50 km	
METEOR
3M-1
	
3Q 1998

	
M.P. McCormick
MS 475, NASA
Langley Hampton,
T  1-804-864-2669
F  1-804-864-2671
m.p.mccormick@larc.nasa.gov	

GOMOS	
UV/Visible/
Near IR
Limb Viewer	
O3, H2O,
NO2, NO3,
ClO, BrO,
OClO, T (P),
Aerosols	
P, C
T (P) 15-50 km
O3 15-90 km
H2O 15-40 km	
ENVISAT-1	
4Q 1998
	
Core P/L Inst.
Resp. Person
Chris Readings
P.O. Box 299, Noordwijk
The Netherlands
T  31-1719-85673
F  31-1719-85675
creading@estec.esa.nl	

SCIAMACHY	
UV/Visible/
Near IR Nadir
& Limb Viewer
Providing
Troposhere/
Stratosphere
Data	
O3, H2O,
CH4, N2O,
NO, NO2,
NO3, ClO,
SO2, BrO,
OClO, HCHO,
CO, CO2, T (P)	
P, C
T (P) 0-50 km
O3 0-50 km
H2O 0-50 km	
ENVISAT-1	
4Q 1998
	
John Burrows
Univ. of Bremen, Postfach 330440
D-28334 Bremen, Germany
T  49-421-218-4548
F  49-421-218-4555
burrows@gome3.physik.uni-bremen.de	

Table 3 (contd.)

SATELLITE CHEMISTRY MISSIONS

Experiment	Measurement	Parameters	Profile (P) or Column (C)	Satellite	Status	Investigator	

MIPAS
	
IR Limb
Sounder	
O3, H20, CH4,
N2O, CO, NO,
NO2, HNO3, 
HNO4, N2O5,
ClONO2, T (P), CFCs, HOCl,
ClO, COF2,
H2O2, CxHy,
OCS, HCN,
SF6, T (P)
	
P
T (P) 10-70 km
O3 12-70 km
H2O 8-78 km	
ENVISAT-1	
4Q 1998
	
Core P/L Inst.
Resp. Person
Chris Readings
P.O. Box 299
Noordwijk
The Netherlands
V  31-1719-85673
F  31-1719-85675
creading@estec.esa.nl	

AMAS
	
Microwave Limb
Sounder	
O2, O3, H20, N2O, CO, ClO, BrO, HCl, T (Z)
	
P
T (Z)
O3 10-80 km
H2O 10-80 km
CO 10-80 km
N2O 15-40 km
ClO 15-45 km
BrO 15-40 km
HCl 15-40 km
HNO3 10-30 km
	
Meteor-3M	
2Q 1999
	
Klaus Künzi
Univ. of Bremen, Postfach 330440
D-28334 Bremen, Germany
T  49-421-218-3909
F  49-421-218-4555
kunzi@theo.physik.uni-bremen.de