Grupo de Óptica Atmósferica de Camagüey

Paul Snoeij¹, Evert Attema², Yasjka Meijer³, Daan Swart³

¹ESA/ESTEC, PO Box 299, 2200 AG Noordwijk, The Netherlands, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
²ESA/ESTEC, PO Box 299, 2200 AG Noordwijk, The Netherlands, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
³RIVM, PO Box 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands

The long-term validation phase of ENVISAT provides assurance of data quality and accuracy for applications such as climate change research. In addition, it performs long term monitoring for possible instrumental drifts and other artefacts. The paper will discuss the general status of the validation activities for GOMOS, MIPAS and SCIAMACHY. The main and long-term geophysical validation programme will be presented with focus on the validation of the atmospheric chemistry instruments by ground-based lidar.