Joint observations of oxygen atmospheric band emissions using OSIRIS and the MATS satellite

Linder, Björn; Gumbel, Jörg; Murtagh, Donal P.; Megner, Linda; Krasauskas, Lukas; Degenstein, Doug; Christensen, Ole Martin; Ivchenko, Nickolay

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-4453-2025

Articles | Volume 18, issue 17

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-4453-2025

© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-4453-2025

© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 18, issue 17

Research article

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11 Sep 2025

Research article |

| 11 Sep 2025

Joint observations of oxygen atmospheric band emissions using OSIRIS and the MATS satellite

Björn Linder, Jörg Gumbel, Donal P. Murtagh, Linda Megner, Lukas Krasauskas, Doug Degenstein, Ole Martin Christensen, and Nickolay Ivchenko

Data sets

MATS satellite images (level 1b) of airglow and noctilucent clouds in the mesosphere/lower thermosphere, February-⁠May 2023, Dataset version 1.0 Linda Megner et al. https://doi.org/10.17043/mats-level-1b-limb-cropd-1.0

Short summary

In this study, the primary instrument carried by the satellite MATS is compared to the OSIRIS instrument on board the Odin satellite. A total of 36 close approaches between December 2022 and February 2023 were identified and analysed. The comparison reveals that the two instruments have good structural agreement and that MATS detects a signal that is ~20 % stronger than what is measured by OSIRIS.