Improved pointing information for SCIAMACHY from in-flight measurements of the viewing directions towards sun and moon

Bramstedt, Klaus; Stone, Thomas C.; Gottwald, Manfred; Noël, Stefan; Bovensmann, Heinrich; Burrows, John P.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-2413-2017

Articles | Volume 10, issue 7

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-2413-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-2413-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 10, issue 7

Research article

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05 Jul 2017

Research article |

| 05 Jul 2017

Improved pointing information for SCIAMACHY from in-flight measurements of the viewing directions towards sun and moon

Klaus Bramstedt, Thomas C. Stone, Manfred Gottwald, Stefan Noël, Heinrich Bovensmann, and John P. Burrows

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RC1: 'Review of amt-2016-397 “Improved pointing information for SCIAMACHY from in-flight measurements of the viewing directions towards sun and moon” by Klaus Bramstedt et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 09 Feb 2017
RC2: 'The review of paper by K. Bramstedt et al', Anonymous Referee #3, 03 May 2017
AC1: 'Author's response to the referee's comments', Klaus Bramstedt, 29 May 2017

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ED: Publish as is (29 May 2017) by Alexander Kokhanovsky

AR by Klaus Bramstedt on behalf of the Authors (02 Jun 2017)

Short summary

The satellite instrument SCIAMACHY on board the ESA's platform Envisat (2002–2012) performed observations of the Earth's atmosphere. Using sun and moon observations of the instrument itself, we derived a set of correction parameters for the determination of the viewing directions of the instrument. From this work, all vertical profiles of atmospheric parameters from SCIAMACHY's limb and occultation measurements will be improved by a more accurate altitude information.