The Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment ACE at 10: A Solar Occultation
Anthology
Peter Bernath, Editor
Department of Chemistry and
Biochemistry
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, Virginia, USA
ACE is a very successful small satellite mission that is measuring the
concentrations of more than 40 atmospheric constituents by absorption
spectroscopy using the Sun as a light source. The initial principal goal
of the ACE mission was to make ozone-related measurements in the
stratosphere, but is now making observations that range from organic
molecules associated with pollution in the troposphere to carbon dioxide
trends in the lower thermosphere. The ACE instruments are an infrared
Fourier transform spectrometer (FTS), a UV/visible/near IR spectrograph
(MAESTRO) and a two-channel solar imager, all working in solar
occultation mode. The high-resolution (0.02 cm–1) FTS is the
primary instrument on the satellite, and it covers the mid-infrared
spectral region (750–4400 cm–1). After 10 years in orbit,
this book overviews and celebrates the ACE mission.
The book is based in part on the presentations made at the joint
ACE-SAGE-III-ISS science team meeting held at Old Dominion University on
October 15–17, 2012. In addition to ACE-related chapters, contributions
associated with other limb-sounding instruments including ALTIUS,
SMILES, SOFIE,HALOE, and SAGE II are also included.
Contents
- Preface
Peter F. Bernath
- Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment (ACE): Scientific Highlights
Peter F. Bernath
- From ATMOS to ACE: Some Highlights of Science and Teamwork
Gloria L. Manney
- SCISAT-1 Spacecraft
Ian Walkty and Ken Kohut
- ACE-FTS Hardware and Level 1 Processing
Henry L. Buijs, Marc-André Soucy, and Richard L. Lachance
- MAESTRO: The Scisat UV-Visible-Near IR Instrument
C. Thomas McElroy, David V. Barton, Caroline R. Nowlan, and James R.
Drummond
- Version 3 Retrievals for the Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment Fourier
Transform Spectrometer (ACE-FTS)
Chris D. Boone, Kaley A. Walker, and Peter F. Bernath
- The ACE Imagers
Kathleen L. Gilbert
- Ground Systems for the Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment (ACE)
Ryan C. Hughes and Stephen Constable
- Calibration and Validation Program for the Atmospheric Chemistry
Experiment (ACE) on SCISAT
Kaley A. Walker
- The ALTIUS Mission: A Belgian Spectral Imager for the Remote Sensing
of the Earth Atmosphere
E. Dekemper, F. Vanhellemont, N. Mateshvili, D. Pieroux, G. Franssens,
and D. Fussen
- Overview of SMILES Observations
Makoto Suzuki, Takuki Sano, and Masato Shiotani
- The Solar Occultation For Ice Experiment (SOFIE)
Mark E. Hervig and Martin J. McHugh
- New Insights on Mesospheric Ice Layers Uncovered by ACE-FTS
Svetlana V. Petelina
- Hemispheric Differences in Mesopause-region Temperature Associated
with the Presence of Polar Mesospheric Clouds Determined from ACE-FTS
Satellite Measurements
Zeyu Y. Fan, Robert J. Sica, Kaley A. Walker, Chris Boone, and Peter F.
Bernath
- Developing the ACE Stratospheric Chlorine Inventory
Ray Nassar
- Recent Trend Anomaly of Hydrogen Chloride (HCl) at Northern
Mid-Latitudes Derived from Jungfraujoch, HALOE and ACE-FTS Infrared
Solar Observations
Emmanuel Mahieu, Rodolphe Zander, Peter F. Bernath, Christopher D.
Boone, and Kaley A. Walker
- A Comparison of Decadal-Scale Responses and Trends in Stratospheric
Ozone from SAGE II and HALOE
Ellis E. Remsberg
- Solar Occultation Measurements of Atmospheric Pressure and Temperature
from the A- and B-bands of Molecular Oxygen
Caroline R. Nowlan, James R. Drummond, Thomas McElroy, and David V.
Barton
- Laboratory Spectroscopic Measurements of Organic Molecules for ACE-FTS
Retrievals
Jeremy J. Harrison
- GEM-AC: A Stratospheric-Tropospheric Global and Regional Model for Air
Quality and Climate Change—Evaluation of Gas-Phase Properties
Alexandru Lupu, Kirill Semeniuk, Jacek W. Kaminski, and John C.
McConnell
- Evaluation of Stratospheric Temperature and Water Vapor from GEM using
ACE-FTS and MLS Measurements
Abdulla Mamun, Jacek Kaminski, Alexandru Lupu, Kirill Semeniuk, and John
C. McConnell
- Carbon Dioxide Atmospheric Vertical Profiles Retrieved from Space
Observation Using ACE-FTS Solar Occultation Instrument
Pierre-Yves Foucher, Alain Chédin, Raymond Armante, Cyril Crevoisier,
Chris Boone, and Peter Bernath
- The Chemical and Aerosol Sounding Satellite (CASS) Mission as a
Solution for Global Climate Quality Atmospheric Composition Measurements
Stella M. L. Melo, Kaley A. Walker, and Doug Degenstein
- Appendix: ACE Publications
- Author Index
ISBN 978-0-937194-54-9, 2013, Softcover, 352 pages, US$120.00.
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