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SCIAMACHY, the SCanning Imaging Absorption spectroMeter for Atmospheric CHar­tographY, is a passive sensor for exploring the Earth’s atmosphere. It is part of the payload of the European Earth Observation mission ENVISAT, launched on 1 March 2002. SCIAMACHY observes absorption spectra of molecules from the UV (214 nm) to the short-wave infrared wavelength range (2386 nm) and derives the atmospheric composition – trace gases, aerosols, clouds – from these measurements. Having meanwhile successfully monitored and explored the Earth’s atmosphere for more than 8 years, new and exciting insights into the Earth-atmosphere system are obtained. The provided global data sets do not only cover greenhouse gases and pollutants in the troposphere or the ozone chemistry in the stratosphere but even reach up to the mesosphere and lower thermosphere. They contribute significantly to atmospheric physics and chemistry as well as climate change research. SCIAMACHY is one of the major current Earth Observation undertakings of Germany, The Netherlands and Belgium, accomplished in cooperation with the European Space Agency (ESA). Many scientific groups at various institutes in Europe and abroad were and are actively involved in the analysis of the data. This book is a comprehensive summary describing the entire SCIAMACHY mission – from the very first ideas to the current results. It illustrates how the measurements are performed, how the trace gas concentrations are derived from the measured spectra and how the unique data sets are used to improve our understanding of the changing Earth’s atmosphere. The targeted readership is not only the existing and potentially new SCIAMACHY data users from undergraduate student level up to researchers new in the fields of atmospheric chemistry and remote sensing, but anyone who is keen to learn about SCIAMACHY’s efforts to study the atmosphere and its responses to both, natural phenomena and anthropogenic effects.

Atmosphere -- Remote sensing -- Instruments. --- Envisat (Satellite). --- Solar radiation -- Remote sensing -- Instruments. --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Meteorology & Climatology --- Atmosphere --- Solar radation --- Atmospheric chemistry. --- Meteorology --- Remote sensing --- Instruments. --- Research. --- Envisat (Satellite) --- Meteorological research --- Weather research --- Atmospheric research --- Earth sciences. --- Climatology. --- Atmospheric sciences. --- Astronomy. --- Astrophysics. --- Cosmology. --- Earth Sciences. --- Atmospheric Sciences. --- Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology. --- Weather --- Chemistry, Physical and theoretical --- Research --- Atmospheric science

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Atmospheric chemistry --- Artificial satellites in earth sciences. --- Remote sensing --- Instruments. --- Artificial satellites in earth sciences --- -Chemistry, Physical and theoretical --- Earth sciences --- -Instruments --- Envisat (Satellite) --- -Remote sensing --- Chemistry, Physical and theoretical --- Remote sensing&delete& --- Instruments --- Atmospheric science --- Atmospheric chemistry - Remote sensing - Instruments.

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Satellite altimetry is a radar technique for measuring the topography of the Earth’s surface. It was initially designed for measuring the ocean’s topography, with reference to an ellipsoid, and for the determination of the marine geoid. Satellite altimetry has provided extremely valuable information on ocean science (e.g., circulation surface geostrophic currents, eddy structures, wave heights, and the propagation of oceanic Kelvin and Rossby waves). With more than 25 years of observations, it is also becoming vital to climate research, providing accurate measurements of sea level variations from regional to global scales. Altimetry has also demonstrated a strong potential for geophysical, cryospheric, and hydrological research and is now commonly used for the monitoring of Arctic and Antarctic ice sheet topography and of terrestrial surface water levels. This book aims to present reviews and recent advances of general interest in the use of radar altimetry in Earth sciences. Manuscripts are related to any aspect of radar altimetry technique or geophysical applications. We also encourage manuscripts resulting from the application of new altimetric technology (SAR, SARin, and Ka band) and improvements expected from missions to be launched in the near future (i.e., SWOT).

water level --- ALES --- wet path delay --- CryoSat-2 --- water volume transport --- water level time series --- storm surge --- filtering --- validation --- polar ocean --- ocean tides --- satellite altimetry --- lake level --- classification --- ENVISAT --- numerical modelling --- PISTACH --- water levels --- evaporation --- geodesy --- waveform --- ALES retracker --- waveform retracking --- unsupervised classification --- CryosSat-2 SAR --- peakiness --- Envisat --- Jason-2 --- calibration --- SARAL --- ACC --- microwave radiometer --- ocean geostrophy --- data processing --- fine scale --- SWOT --- orbit decay --- Aral Sea --- geodetic orbit --- radar altimetry --- oceanography --- streamflow --- K-medoids --- retracking --- ice --- SWOT simulator --- coastal altimetry --- Ka-band --- western Mediterranean Sea --- topography of the intertidal zone --- FVCOM --- HY-2A --- inland water --- tide gauge --- discharge --- ERS-2 --- marine gravity --- wet tropospheric correction --- South China Sea --- stack data --- upper layer thickness --- drifting orbit --- hydrology --- Sentinel-3 --- two-layer ocean model --- satellite geodesy --- Fram Strait --- space gravity --- leads --- satellite altimeter --- range precision --- sensor calibration --- ROMS model --- X-TRACK --- SAR --- Inner Niger Delta --- Greenland Sea --- Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) --- Mekong Basin --- altimetry --- Hong Kong coast --- soil moisture --- Argo --- Southern Ocean --- Landsat --- dielectric permittivity --- sea surface height --- lake volume