Validation of Envisat SCIAMACHY Atmospheric Trace Gases Measurements with the Russian Ground-based Monitoring Network (AOID427)

Present report summariz e th e firs t results of comparison s betw een SCIAMACHY leve l 2 products an d ground-based measurements at a number of station s in Russia and NIS, carried out for the period of commissioning phase validation. Basically, the study presents preliminary validation of SCIAMACHY ozone, NO2, CO, CH4 and H2O vertical column data, coming from the measurements of SCIAMACHY in nadir mode.