Articles | Volume 18, issue 22
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-6869-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-6869-2025
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21 Nov 2025
Research article |  | 21 Nov 2025

The MATS satellite: limb image data processing and calibration

Linda Megner, Jörg Gumbel, Ole Martin Christensen, Björn Linder, Donal P. Murtagh, Nickolay Ivchenko, Lukas Krasauskas, Jonas Hedin, Joachim Dillner, Gabriel Giono, Georgi Olentsenko, Louis Kern, Joakim Möller, Ida-Sofia Skyman, and Jacek Stegman

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The MATS satellite mission studies atmospheric gravity waves, crucial for momentum transport between atmospheric layers. Launched in November 2022, MATS uses a limb-viewing telescope to capture high-resolution images of noctilucent clouds and airglow, visualising wave patterns in the high atmosphere. This paper accompanies the public release of the Level 1b dataset, i.e. calibrated limb images. Later products will provide global maps of gravity wave properties, airglow, and noctilucent clouds.
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