Species Detectable by MIPAS


MIPAS has been designed to provide global observations of atmospheric trace species. These observations will contribute to improved understanding in stratospheric chemistry, global climatotlogy, atmospheric dynamics and upper tropospheric chemistry. Distributions of aerosol particles, tropospheric cirrus clouds and stratospheric ice clouds may also be derived from MIPAS data. Species which may be measured by MIPAS are listed below. (However this list is not exhaustive.)

Operational Products


Temperature O3 N2O NO2
HNO3 H2O CH4 -

Others


N2O5 ClO HOCl
ClONO2 NO HNO4
HCN NH3 CFC11
CFC12 CFC14 CFC22
CCl4 COF2 H2O2
C2H2 C2H6 OCS
SO2 SF6 Aerosol

Last modified: 06JUN08 AD