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MERLIN: A French-German Space Lidar Mission Dedicated to Atmospheric Methane
Gerhard Ehret
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Philippe Bousquet
2
Clémence Pierangelo
3
Matthias Alpers
4
Bruno Millet
3
James Abshire
5
Heinrich Bovensmann
6
John Burrows
6
Frédéric Chevallier
2
Philippe Ciais
2
Cyril Crevoisier
7
Andreas Fix
1
Pierre Flamant
7, 8
Christian Frankenberg
9
Fabien Gibert
7
Birgit Heim
10
Martin Heimann
11, 12
Sander Houweling
13, 14, 15
Hans Hubberten
10
Patrick Jöckel
1
Kathy S. Law
8
Alexander Löw
16
Julia Marshall
17
Anna Agusti-Panareda
18
Sébastien Payen
8
Catherine Prigent
19
Patrick Rairoux
20
Torsten Sachs
21
Marko Scholze
22
Martin Wirth
1
Gerhard Ehret 1
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Philippe Bousquet 2
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Clémence Pierangelo 3
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Matthias Alpers 4
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Frédéric Chevallier 2
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Philippe Ciais 2
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Cyril Crevoisier 7
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Andreas Fix 1
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Pierre H. Flamant 7, 8
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Christian Frankenberg 9
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Fabien Gibert 7
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Birgit Heim 10
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Martin Heimann 11, 12
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Sander Houweling 13, 14, 15
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Hans Hubberten 10
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Patrick Jöckel 1
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Kathy S. Law 8
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Alexander Löw 16
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Julia Marshall 17
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Anna Agusti-Panareda 18
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Sébastien Payen 8
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Catherine Prigent 19
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Patrick Rairoux 20
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Torsten Sachs 21
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Marko Scholze 22
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Martin Wirth 1
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IPA - DLR Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre (Oberpfaffenhofen-Wessling - Germany)
- DLR - Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt [Oberpfaffenhofen-Wessling] (Münchener Straße 20, 82234 Weßling - Germany)
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LSCE - Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement [Gif-sur-Yvette] (Bât. 12,
avenue de la Terrasse,
F-91198 GIF-SUR-YVETTE CEDEX
- France)
- UVSQ - Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines : UMR8212 (55 avenue de Paris - 78035 Versailles cedex - France)
- CEA - Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives : DRF/LSCE (Centre de Saclay Centre de Grenoble Centre de Cadarache etc - France)
- Université Paris-Saclay (Espace Technologique, Bat. Discovery - RD 128 - 2e ét., 91190 Saint-Aubin - France)
- INSU - CNRS - Institut national des sciences de l'Univers : UMR8212 (INSU-CNRS 3 rue Michel-Ange, 75794 Paris Cedex 16 - France)
- CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique : UMR8212 (France)
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CNES - Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (18 avenue Edouard Belin 31401 Toulouse - France)
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DLR - Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (Germany)
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GSFC - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (Greenbelt, MD 20771 - United States)
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IUP - Institut für Umweltphysik [Bremen] (Otto-Hahn-Allee 1, D-28359 Bremen - Germany)
- Universität Bremen (Bibliothekstraße 1, 28359 Bremen - Germany)
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LMD - Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique (UMR 8539) (LMD ENS 24 Rue Lhomond 75231 Paris Cedex 05 - France)
- Département des Géosciences - ENS Paris (24 rue Lhomond, 75005 Paris, France - France)
- ENS Paris - École normale supérieure - Paris (45, Rue d'Ulm - 75230 Paris cedex 05 - France)
- CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique : UMR8539 (France)
- ENPC - École des Ponts ParisTech (École des Ponts ParisTech 6-8 avenue Blaise-Pascal Cité Descartes 77455 Champs-sur-Marne Marne-la-Vallée cedex 2 - France)
- X - École polytechnique (École polytechnique, 91128 Palaiseau Cedex - France)
- INSU - CNRS - Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU-CNRS 3 rue Michel-Ange, 75794 Paris Cedex 16 - France)
- UPMC - Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (4 place Jussieu - 75005 Paris - France)
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TROPO - LATMOS (France)
- LATMOS - Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales (11 boulevard d'Alembert
Quartier des Garennes
78280 - Guyancourt - France)
- UVSQ - Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines : UMR8190 (55 avenue de Paris - 78035 Versailles cedex - France)
- UPMC - Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 : UMR8190 (4 place Jussieu - 75005 Paris - France)
- INSU - CNRS - Institut national des sciences de l'Univers : UMR8190 (INSU-CNRS 3 rue Michel-Ange, 75794 Paris Cedex 16 - France)
- CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique : UMR8190 (France)
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Tropospheric sounding, assimilation, and modeling group [JPL] (Pasadena, CA - United States)
- JPL - Jet Propulsion Laboratory (4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109-8099, USA - United States)
- NASA (www.nasa.gov - United States)
- CALTECH - California Institute of Technology (1200 East California Blvd, Pasadena, California 91125 - United States)
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AWI - Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung ( 27570 Bremerhaven - Germany)
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MPI-BGC - Max-Planck-Institut für Biogeochemie (Hans-Knöll-Str. 10, 07745 Jena - Germany)
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Department of Physics [Helsinki] (P.O. Box 64, FI-00014
Helsinki - Finland)
- Falculty of Science [Helsinki] (P.O. Box 64 (Gustaf Hällströmin katu 2)
FI-00014
Helsinki - Finland)
- University of Helsinki (Yliopistonkatu 4, 00100 Helsinki - Finland)
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SRON - SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research (SRON Groningen, Landleven 12, 9747 AD Groningen - SRON Utrecht, Sorbonnelaan 2, 3584 CA Utrecht - Netherlands)
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VU - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam [Amsterdam] (De Boelelaan 1105 1081 HV Amsterdam - Netherlands)
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Department of Earth Sciences [Amsterdam] (Faculty of Science, VU University Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV Amsterdam , The Netherlands - Netherlands)
- VU University Amsterdam (De Boelelaan 1105, 1081 HV Amsterdam - Netherlands)
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Department of Geography [München] (Luisenstr. 37, 80333 Munich, Germany - Germany)
- LMU - Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1, 80539 München - Germany)
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MPIB - Max-Planck-Institut für Biochemie (Am Klopferspitz 18 , 82152 Martinsried Germany
- Germany)
- Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (Jägerstrasse, 10-11, D-10117 Berlin - Germany)
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ECMWF - European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (Shinfield Park, RG2 9AX Reading - United Kingdom)
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LERMA - Laboratoire d'Etude du Rayonnement et de la Matière en Astrophysique (61, avenue de l'Observatoire - 75014 PARIS - France)
- ENS Paris - École normale supérieure - Paris (45, Rue d'Ulm - 75230 Paris cedex 05 - France)
- UPMC - Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (4 place Jussieu - 75005 Paris - France)
- INSU - CNRS - Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU-CNRS 3 rue Michel-Ange, 75794 Paris Cedex 16 - France)
- Observatoire de Paris (61 Av de l'Observatoire 75014 PARIS - France)
- PSL - PSL Research University (France)
- UCP - Université de Cergy Pontoise : UMR8112 (33 Boulevard du Port, 95011 Cergy-Pontoise Cedex - France)
- Université Paris-Seine (3 avenue Bernard Hirsch, CS 50105, 95021 Cergy-Pontoise - France)
- CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique : UMR8112 (France)
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ILM - Institut Lumière Matière [Villeurbanne] (UMR5306 CNRS Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 Domaine Scientifique de La Doua Bâtiment Kastler, 10 rue Ada Byron 69622 Villeurbanne CEDEX, Franc - France)
- UCBL - Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (43, boulevard du 11 novembre 1918, 69622 Villeurbanne cedex - France)
- Université de Lyon (92 rue Pasteur - CS 30122, 69361 Lyon Cedex 07 - France)
- CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique : UMR5306 (France)
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GFZ - GeoForschungsZentrum - Helmholtz-Zentrum Potsdam (Telegrafenberg, D-14473 Potsdam - Germany)
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Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science [Lund] (Sölvegatan 12, S-223 62 Lund
- Sweden)
- Lund University [Lund] (Paradisgatan 2 Box 117, SE-221 00 Lund - Sweden)
Abstract : 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 and German space mission, with a launch currently scheduled for the timeframe 2021/22. The German Space Agency (DLR) is responsible for the payload, while the platform (MYRIADE Evolutions product line) is developed by the French Space Agency (CNES). The main scientific objective of MERLIN is the delivery of weighted atmospheric columns of methane dry-air mole fractions for all latitudes throughout the year with systematic errors small enough (<3.7 ppb) to significantly improve our knowledge of methane sources from global to regional scales, with emphasis on poorly accessible regions in the tropics and at high latitudes. This paper presents the MERLIN objectives, describes the methodology and the main characteristics of the payload and of the platform, and proposes a first assessment of the error budget and its translation into expected uncertainty reduction of methane surface emissions
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Gerhard Ehret, Philippe Bousquet, Clémence Pierangelo, Matthias Alpers, Bruno Millet, et al.. MERLIN: A French-German Space Lidar Mission Dedicated to Atmospheric Methane. Remote Sensing, MDPI, 2017, 9 (10), pp.1052. ⟨10.3390/rs9101052⟩. ⟨insu-01664230⟩
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