Welcome to the homepage for the Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment
The Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment (ACE) is a satellite mission on-board the Canadian satellite SCISAT that takes measurements of the Earth's atmosphere.
The measurements consist of spectra and images that are used to investigate chemical and dynamical processes in our atmosphere, with a particular emphasis on ozone depletion in the Arctic stratosphere.
Dr. Peter Bernath from the Department of Chemistry at the University of Waterloo is the Mission Scientist.
Recent Publications using ACE data:
Gurganus, et al.
Highlighting the Impact of Anthropogenic OCS Emissions on the Stratospheric Sulfur Budget With In Situ Observations
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 130(), e2024JD042588, ; doi: 10.1029/2024JD042588
Zhang, et al.
Record-High Ozone in the Austral Mid-Latitude Tropopause Region Driven by Dynamical and Chemical Effects of the 2019 Sudden Stratospheric Warming
Geophysical Research Letters, 52(), e2025GL115588, ; doi: 10.1029/2025GL115588
Bernath, et al.
Global Satellite-Based Atmospheric Profiles from Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment SciSat Level 2 Processed Data, v5.2, 2004-2024
Federated Research Data Repository, None(), None, ; doi: 10.20383/103.01245
Salawitch, et al.
The Imminent Data Desert: The Future of Stratospheric Monitoring in a Rapidly Changing World
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 106(), E540, ; doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-23-0281.1
Dodangodage, et al.
HFC-23 from updated Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment Fourier transform spectrometer (ACE-FTS) retrievals
Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 338(), 109416, ; doi: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2025.109416
Pastorek, et al.
Comparison of atmospheric river-related phenomena with ACE satellite data
Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 333(), 109321, ; doi: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2024.109321
Dodangodage, et al.
Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment (ACE) satellite observations of aerosols and SO2 emissions from the 2024 Ruang volcanic eruption
Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 333(), 109333, ; doi: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2024.109333