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Atmospheric research at the Belgian institute for Space Aeronomy – 20 years after ATLAS-1

Atmospheric research at the Belgian institute for Space Aeronomy – 20 years after ATLAS-1. Focus on space – based research. Martine De Mazière. Evolution of scientific EO satellite fleet and technology. Courtesy : J.C. Lambert ( adapted ). (50x55x32 cm 3 ) (< 40 kg)

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Atmospheric research at the Belgian institute for Space Aeronomy – 20 years after ATLAS-1

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  1. Atmospheric research at the Belgian institute for Space Aeronomy– 20 years after ATLAS-1 Focus on space– basedresearch Martine De Mazière

  2. Evolution of scientific EO satellitefleetandtechnology

  3. Courtesy: J.C. Lambert (adapted)

  4. (50x55x32 cm3) (< 40 kg) (< 28 W/orbit) Large (7000x180 cm3) Heavy (128 kg) high power ALTIUS - microsatellite PICASSO: cubesat Small(10x10x30 cm3) Lightweight(< 4 kg) low power (< 7W)

  5. Short-term poorcoverage Strong focus on global, long-term studies in the context of ‘Global Changes’ long-term, more globalcoverage 3 years of ACE SR SS

  6. MIPAS BASCOE ozone 1D models 3D CTM GCM 4D VAR data assimilation Inverse modeling MACC, Monitoring AtmosphericCompositionandClimate model Earth system modelling

  7. Let’sstrollthroughsome research topics…..

  8. Air Quality …. • Formaldehyde • Oxydation product of CH4and VOC, frombiogenicandanthropogenicorigin • Pyrogenicemissions product 1997-2002 2003-2010 De Smedt et al., GRL, 2010

  9. …and trends H2CO annual trend [1014 molec.cm-2 yr-1]: 1997-2010 • Large positive trends in Chinese and Indian megacities. • Negative trends over Tokyo, London, Paris. • Negative trends over Eastern United States cities. • but positive trends over Los Angeles and Phoenix. De Smedt et al., GRL, 2010

  10. Inverse modelling: Monthly NO2 columns: models versus observations GOME SCIAMACHY A priori andoptimizedemissions A priori A posteriori Courtesy: J.F. Müller & T. Stavrakou

  11. Stratosphere : Ozone BIRA-IASB is responsibleforStratosphericOzone Service in MACC @ macc.aeronomie.be: S. Chabrillat et al.

  12. Stratosphere : ALTIUS PI: D. Fussen Mission goals: • Measurements of atmospherictrace gases concentration profiles withglobal coverage in 3 days and ~500 m spatial samplingfrom UT/LS to US. • Target species : O3, NO2, CH4, H2O, BrO, PSC, aerosols, .. Currentstatus : Phase B AtmosphericLimbTracker for the Investigation of the UpcomingStratosphere Satellite mission proposed by BIRA-IASB, supported by BelSPo and funded by PRODEX. Industrialpartners : OIP (P/L) and QinetiQSpace (P/F) AOTF and polarizers Limb/Solar/Stellar aperture CMOS detector

  13. Climate Change BIRA-IASB is involved in 3 out of the 4 ESA Climate Change InitiativeprojectsdealingwithatmosphericEssentialClimate Variables: O3, aerosol, greenhousegases. Objective: toexploit the long-term Earth Observation Data from (ESA) satellitestogenerateclimate-relevant data records e.g., homogenisedtotalO3 column record Coord.: M. Van Roozendael

  14. Climateand aerosol Aerosol CCI Project: Stratospheric Aerosol Product AerGomSeasonally and zonally averaged extinction profiles (550 nm) Courtesy: C. Bingen, C. Robert GOMOS Kasatochivolcano PSC [km-1] X10-3 Figure 5 Contour plots of the zonally and seasonally averaged AERGOM’s extinction profiles for year 2008. The solid green line represents the mean tropopause height, determined from ECMWF data. One can observe PSCs in winter, as well as enhanced extinction in the NH lower stratosphere for OCT-DEC as a consequence of the Kasatochi eruption (07.08.2008, 52°N).

  15. Plasmasphereandmagnetosphere Auroral zone Cluster mission Magnetopause Magnetospheric composition Plasmasphere J. De Keyser et al.

  16. Planetaryandcometaryatmospheres SOIR/VEX NOMAD: NadirandOccultation for MArsDiscovery PI: A.C. Vandaele • Mission goals: • characterization of sources & seasonal cycles of many species and particulates: • Methaneanditsisotopologues • Species related to the CH4 chemistry (C2H2, C2H4, C2H6, H2CO, …) • H2O/HDO • CO • O3, SO2 • Clouds, dust • Albedo • Verticalprofiling - Mapping LNO IR UVVIS SO IR to nadir tosun SciencesupportedbyGlobal Mars MultiscaleModel

  17. PICASSO Pico-Satellite for Atmospheric and Space Science Observations A strategic project • todemonstrate / verifyuse of cubesattechnologyfor in-situ and remote sensing studies of atmospheres • Toacquireexperiencewithcubesattechnologyandminiaturepayloads BIRA-IASB and KSB-ORB • PICASSO is a triple CubeSat embarking 3 scientific instruments: • VISION, a visible and near-infrared hyper-spectral imager (BIRA-IASB) • mNLP, a multi-Needle Langmuir Probe (BIRA-IASB) • μBOS, a micro-Bolometer Oscillation System (KSB-ORB) Part of QB50 project

  18. Solar spectralirradiance • SOLarSPECtrumonboard the ISS Mission goals: • refurbish the instrument and to adapt it for a long term mission (2008-2016), • to extend the wavelength coverage (166 – 3088 nm) • to reduce the uncertainties on the measurements. Operations wereperformedsuccessfullyby B.USOC Composite UV-VIS-NIR Solar spectrum corresponding to the quiet sun period (beginning of cycle 24) Courtesy: D. Bolsée 200 3000 nm

  19. Space Weather Courtesy: M. Kruglanski Severalprojects: SPENVIS, ESWeP, COMESEP, SEPEM,… Currentcollaborations: • KSB-ORB • Industrial partners • NASA Space Weather Center • European scientificexpert groups BIRA-IASB and KSB-ORB are keyplayers in the Space Weather component of the ESA Space Situational Awareness programme

  20. Courtesy: N. Theys & H. Brenot Eyjafjallajökull

  21. Conclusion

  22. The research at the BelgianInstitutefor Space Aeronomy has verymuchevolvedsince the time of ATLAS-1, hand in hand with the evolution of (space) technologyand the needs in Earth Observation There is a strong focus on space-based research but…. Involvementin • ground- andairborneobservations • forvalidation of satellitemeasurements • for long-term high-quality monitoring • laboratoryand field experiments • forgatheringspectroscopic data • process studies andbetterknowledge of chemicalreactions in the atmosphere • foremissionmeasurements • …. • modellingandtheoreticalstudies Indispensableforinterpretingspace-borneobservations

  23. Thankyouforyourpresenceandyour attention

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