Species Detectable by MIPAS


ch4 Profiles and Spectrum

Modified: 13-FEB-02 VP


The plot below shows five standard ch4 profiles, up to 50km.

ch4 profiles

This next plot shows simulated limb emission spectra for ch4, at three different tangent heights. The black spectrum is for a tangent height of 10km, the green for 20km, and the blue for 30km. The dotted red lines represent the noise levels in each of the five MIPAS bands.

ch4limb emission spectra


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