Aerosol mass mixing ratio | 5 - marginal | Limited to high atmosphere.. Daylight only. | UV, VIS, NIR and SWIR spectrometry. |
Atmospheric temperature | 4 - fair | Limited to high atmosphere.. Daylight only. | UV, VIS, NIR and SWIR spectrometry. |
BrO* | 3 - high | Limited to high atmosphere.. Daylight only. | UV spectrometry. BrO lines around 300 nm. Limb sounding mechanically or electronically |
HCHO* | 3 - high | Limited to high atmosphere.. Daylight only. | UV spectrometry. HCHO lines around 350 nm. |
CH4 mole fraction* | 4 - fair | Limited to high atmosphere.. Daylight only. | SWIR spectrometry. CH4 lines around 2.3 micrometers. |
ClO* | 3 - high | Limited to high atmosphere.. Daylight only. | UV Spectrometry. ClO lines around 300 nm. |
CO* | 4 - fair | Limited to high atmosphere.. Daylight only. | SWIR spectrometry. CO lines around 2.3 micrometers. |
CO2 mole fraction* | 4 - fair | Limited to high atmosphere.. Daylight only. | SWIR spectrometry. CO2 lines around 1.6 and 2.1 micrometers. |
H2O* | 4 - fair | Limited to high atmosphere.. Daylight only. | Spectrometry in UV and VIS (several weak bands), and NIR and SWIR (strong bands around 940 and 1380 nm). |
N2O mole fraction* | 4 - fair | Limited to high atmosphere.. Daylight only. | SWIR spectrometry. N2O lines around 2.3 micrometers. |
NO* | 4 - fair | Limited to high atmosphere.. Daylight only. | UV spectrometry. NO lines around 250 nm. |
NO2* | 4 - fair | Limited to high atmosphere.. Daylight only. | UV and VIS spectrometry. Several lines in the ranges around 220 nm and 400 nm. |
O3* | 4 - fair | Limited to high atmosphere.. Daylight only. | UV and VIS spectrometry. Ozone lines in the bands around 260 nm (Hartley) and/or 340 nm (Huggins) and 600 nm (Chappuis). |
PSC occurrence | 4 - fair | Limited to high atmosphere.. Daylight only. | UV and VIS spectrometry. |
SO2* | 4 - fair | Limited to high atmosphere.. Daylight only. | UV spectrometry. SO2 lines around 350 nm. |
Specific humidity | 4 - fair | Limited to high atmosphere.. Daylight only. | UV, VIS, NIR and SWIR spectrometry with several water vapour bands (main: around 940 and 1380 nm nm). |
Aerosol volcanic ash | 5 - marginal | Limited to high atmosphere.. Daylight only. | UV, VIS, NIR and SWIR spectrometry; |