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:

Johnson, et al.
Validation of line-of-sight winds from ACE-FTS solar occultation measurements
Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 314(), 108870, ; doi: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2023.108870
URL, PDF, BibTex

Zawada, et al.
A multi-decadal time series of upper stratospheric temperature profiles from Odin-OSIRIS limb-scattered spectra
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 17(), 1995–2010, ; doi:
URL, PDF, BibTex

Allen, et al.
Smoke with Induced Rotation and Lofting (SWIRL) Generated by the February 2009 Australian Black Saturday PyroCb Plume
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 129(), , ; doi:
URL, PDF, BibTex