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Emission Spectra Data and Derived Products from the Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding (MIPAS) on-board the European Space Agency (ESA) Envisat Satellite

The Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding (MIPAS) is one of the ten instruments onboard the Envisat satellite launched from Kourou (French Guyana) on the 28th February 2002 and operated by the European Space Agency (ESA). 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 main atmospheric trace gases have important emission features. Its main objectives are to provide simultaneous and global measurements of the middle atmosphere dynamics, radiation budget and chemical composition (O3, H2O, CH4, N2O, HNO3, NO2), and to monitor stratospheric ozone and CFCs.

The data issues by ESA include both Level 1B (emission spectra) and Level 2 (derived quantities) products. They come in a number of versions: a near real time (nrt) version, a consolidated version, result of a first processing by ESA to eliminate bad data and perform a few basic checks, and fully reprocessed spectra. 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 spectra.

The data routinely archived at the NEODC is received from ESA through different routes (DDS, FTP, tapes). The archive currently includes:

Level 1B data (emission spectra)

NRT data - September 2002 - May 2011

consolidated data - June 2002 - January 2004

reprocessed data - July 2002 - April 2012 - processing versions v4.x (2002-2010) and v5.x (2002-2012)

Level 2 data (derived products)

consolidated data - July 2002 - February 2004

reprocessed data - July 2002 - March 2004

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Date (Publication)
2007-12-10T02:41:31
Date (Creation)
2007-12-10T02:41:31
Identifier
https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/4a9da084adf4252752e5fe77a5cfd0a9
Identifier
NERC Earth Observation Data Centre (NEODC) / 4a9da084adf4252752e5fe77a5cfd0a9
Author
  European Space Agency (ESA) - author
Custodian
  NERC Earth Observation Data Centre (NEODC) - custodian
NERC - Earth Observation Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK
+44(0)1235 446432
Distributor
  NERC Earth Observation Data Centre (NEODC) - distributor
NERC - Earth Observation Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK
+44(0)1235 446432
pointofContact
  NERC Earth Observation Data Centre (NEODC) - point_of_contact
NERC - Earth Observation Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK
+44(0)1235 446432
Publisher
  NERC Earth Observation Data Centre (NEODC) - publisher
NERC - Earth Observation Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK
+44(0)1235 446432
Maintenance and update frequency
unknown Unknown
Update scope
series Series
Keywords
  • MIPAS
  • Envisat satellite
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • atmospheric conditions
Access constraints
otherRestrictions Other restrictions
Other constraints
Access to data within this collection is restricted. Please see the individual datasets within this collection for further access details.
Use constraints
otherRestrictions Other restrictions
Other constraints
Under the following licence https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/licences/specific_licences/mipas.pdf, appropriate use of these data may fall under unstated use. This message is intended as guidance, always read the full licence. When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record.
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Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Topic category
  • Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
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2002-03-01T00:00:00
End date
2012-04-07T23:00:00
Unique resource identifier
WGS 84
Distribution format
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Distributor
  NERC Earth Observation Data Centre (NEODC) - Data Center Contact
NERC - Earth Observation Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK
+44(0)1235 446432
OnLine resource
CEDA Data Catalogue Page

Detail and access information for the resource

OnLine resource
ESA MIPAS website

No further details.

OnLine resource
BEAT executable tools and an application programming interface

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OnLine resource
ESA website

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OnLine resource
MIPAS Conditions of Use

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OnLine resource
Envisat webpage

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OnLine resource
Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding (MIPAS)

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OnLine resource
MIPAS archive

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series Series

Conformance result

Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Statement
Please see data lineage statements for each dataset within this collection for data lineage details.
File identifier
4a9da084adf4252752e5fe77a5cfd0a9 XML
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Character set
8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646 UTF8
Hierarchy level
series Series
Hierarchy level name
series
Date stamp
2025-11-15T03:27:01
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version
2.3
Point of contact
  NERC Earth Observation Data Centre (NEODC)
NERC - Earth Observation Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK
+44(0)1235 446432
 
 

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atmospheric conditions

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