Methane is one of the strongest anthropogenic greenhouse gases. It contributes by its radiative forcing significantly to the global warming. For a better understanding of climate changes, it is necessary to apply precise space-based measurement techniques in order to obtain a global view on the complex processes that control the methane concentration in the atmosphere. The MERLIN mission is a joint French-German cooperation, on a micro satellite mission for space-based measurement of spatial and temporal gradients of atmospheric methane columns on a global scale. MERLIN will be the first Integrated Path Differential Absorption LIDAR for greenhouse gas monitoring from space. In contrast to passive methane missions, the LIDAR instrument allows measurements at alllatitudes, all-seasons and during night.
Methane monitoring from space
International Conference on Space Optics — ICSO 2012 ; 2012 ; Ajaccio,Corsica,France
Proc. SPIE ; 10564
20.11.2017
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
SPIE | 2017
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