MERLIN: A French-German Space Lidar Mission Dedicated to Atmospheric Methane

MERLIN: A French-German Space Lidar Mission Dedicated to Atmospheric Methane

The MEthane Remote sensing Lidar missioN (MERLIN) aims at demonstrating the spaceborne active measurement of atmospheric methane, a potent greenhouse gas, based on an Integrated Path Differential Absorption (IPDA) nadir-viewing LIght Detecting and Ranging (Lidar) instrument. MERLIN is a joint French...

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Main Authors: Gerhard Ehret, Philippe Bousquet, Clémence Pierangelo, Matthias Alpers, Bruno Millet, James B. Abshire, Heinrich Bovensmann, John P. Burrows, Frédéric Chevallier, Philippe Ciais, Cyril Crevoisier, Andreas Fix, Pierre Flamant, Christian Frankenberg, Fabien Gibert, Birgit Heim, Martin Heimann, Sander Houweling, Hans W. Hubberten, Patrick Jöckel, Kathy Law, Alexander Löw, Julia Marshall, Anna Agusti-Panareda, Sebastien Payan, Catherine Prigent, Patrick Rairoux, Torsten Sachs, Marko Scholze, Martin Wirth
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-10-01
Series:Remote Sensing
Subjects:
MERLIN
space mission
IPDA Lidar
atmospheric methane
CH4 emissions
global methane budget
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/9/10/1052

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