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Abstract

An ESA Explorer mission, proposed in 1998, with the overall objective to obtain profiles of atmospheric parameters with occultation measurements using a constellation of six LEO microsatellites. The concept involves the systematic gathering of data over a five-year period. The profiles are used in such applications as climate modeling and climate prediction techniques to improve the understanding of the driving forces behind climate change and variability. The ACE science team is composed of researchers from the Meteorological Institutes in Denmark, Sweden, France and the United Kingdom. The ACE project is in phase A as of 2001.361) 362) 363) 364) 365)

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Kramer, H.J. (2002). Atmosphere/Radiation/Aeronomy Missions. In: Observation of the Earth and Its Environment. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-56294-5_2

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