Speaker
Dr
Claus Zehner
(ESA)
Description
Sentinel-5 Precursor (S-5P) is the first of a series of atmospheric chemistry missions to be launched within the European Commission’s Copernicus (former GMES) Programme. With the current launch window of summer 2017 and a nominal lifetime of 7 years, S-5P is expected to provide continuity in the availability of global atmospheric data products between its predecessor missions SCIAMACHY (Envisat) and OMI (AURA) and the future Sentinel-4 and -5 series. S-5P will deliver unique data regarding the sources and sinks of trace gases with a focus on the lower Troposphere including the planet boundary layer due to its enhanced spatial, temporal and spectral sampling capabilities as
compared to its predecessors. The S-5P satellite carries a single payload, namely TROPOMI (TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument) that was jointly developed by The Netherlands and ESA. Covering spectral channels in the UV, visible, near- and short-wave infrared, it measures various key species including tropospheric/stratospheric ozone, NO2, SO2, CO, CH4,CH2O as well as cloud and aerosol parameters. These data sets will be extended by the Sentinel-4 (S-4) and Sentinel-5 (S-5) missions, which are hosted instruments on EUMETSAT geostationary and polar orbiting platforms to be launched during 2021.This paper includes descriptions and the status of the S-5P, S-4 and S-5 missions.
Primary author
Dr
Claus Zehner
(ESA)
