Pekka Veronen. PI (IAA-CSIC): B. Funke and M. López-Puertas
Ref.:
ESA/AO/1-7759/14/SB-NC
Period:
Sep 01, 2014 to Dec 31, 2016
Amount:
€50 000
Funding agency:
European Space Agency (ESA)
Summary:
This project is an answer to European Space Agency’s (ESA) invitation to tender ESA/AO/1-7759/14/SB-NC, Exploitation of the Mesosphere (MesosphEO) with the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) as the prime contractor. The aim is to provide the atmospheric science community a comprehensive data set of Level 2-3 and merged mesospheric data products covering a time period of at least 10 years from satellite instruments aboard the Envisat (GOMOS, MIPAS, SCIAMACHY), the Odin (OSIRIS, SMR), and the SCISAT (ACE-FTS).
MesosphEO is a science-driven project, it serves as preparation and...
In this project we aim, on one hand, at improving significantly our knowledge of the thermal structure, composition, dynamics and energy budget of the atmosphere (from the stratosphere up to the thermosphere) with the data supplied by the IR instruments MIPAS/Envisat and SABER/TIMED, both recently launched. On the other hand, to study the same aspects of the Martian and Venusian middle and upper atmospheres with the IR instruments on board Mars-Express and Venus-Express. With respect to the first part, our objectives are:
to participate in the MIPAS QGW (Quality Working Group) on the...
In this project we tackled several fundamental aspects of the Earth, Mars, Venus and Titan atmospheres. With regard to the former, we want to study the Sun-Earth connection within the CAWSES international program. In particular, we aim to study the effect of the solar particles on the atmospheric chemical composition (nitrogen oxides and ozone) from the stratosphere to the thermosphere. Another main goal of this project is to study the trends of the atmospheric temperature and composition during the current century, as measured by the MIPAS/Envisat (ESA) and SABER/TIMED (NASA) instruments...
