Data & Occultations

SCISAT occultations

Occultations: Label, type, datetime, and location of occultations that have occurred and those that will occur within the next two months as predicted using a high precision orbit propagator.

SCISAT occultations can be viewed using the ACE Occultation Tool.

FTS data

ACE-FTS Data can be downloaded via sign up at databace.

Level 0: Interferograms

Level 1: Spectra

Level 2: Temperature, Pressure and Volume Mixing Ratio (VMR) profiles as a function of altitude

ACE-FTS Level 2 version 1.0, 2.0 and 2.1 datasets were each processed for a limited number of select occultations. ACE-FTS Level 2 version 3.5/3.6 is the current processing version.

Level 2 Data include VMR profiles for the following trace gas molecules:

Version 1.0: H2O, O3, N2O, CO, CH4, NO, NO2, HNO3, HF, HCl, N2O5, ClONO2, CCl2F2, CCl3F, COF2, CHF2Cl, HDO, SF6

Version 2.0: H2O, O3, N2O, CO, CH4, NO, NO2, HNO3, HF, HCl, N2O5, ClONO2, CCl2F2, CCl3F, COF2, CHF2Cl, SF6, OCS, HCN, CF4, CH3Cl, C2H2, C2H6, N2

Version 2.1: H2O, O3, N2O, CO, CH4, NO, NO2, HNO3, HF, HCl, N2O5, ClONO2, CCl2F2, CCl3F, COF2, CHF2Cl, SF6, OCS, HCN, CF4, CH3Cl, C2H2, C2H6, N2, ClO

Version 2.2: H2O, O3, N2O, CO, CH4, NO, NO2, HNO3, HF, HCl, N2O5, ClONO2, CCl2F2, CCl3F, COF2, CHF2Cl, HDO, SF6, OCS, HCN, CF4, CH3Cl, C2H2, C2H6, N2, ClO, as well as isotopologues for some of these molecules.
Public Data DOI:10.20383/101.0184

Version 3.0: H2O, O3, N2O, CO, CH4, NO, NO2, HNO3, HF, HCl, N2O5, ClONO2, CFC-12 (CCl2F2), CFC-11 (CCl3F), COF2, HCFC-22 (CHClF2), HDO, SF6, OCS, HCN, CF4, CH3Cl, C2H2, C2H6, N2, CO2, H2CO, H2O2, O2, HO2NO2, HCOOH, CH3OH, COCl2, CCl4, COClF, HCFC-142b (ClF2C-CH3), CFC-113 (Cl2FC-CClF2), HCFC-141b (Cl2FC-CH3), as well as isotopologues for some of these molecules

Version 3.5/3.6: H2O, O3, O2, N2O, CO, CH4, NO, NO2, HNO3, HF, HCl, N2O5, ClONO2, CFC-12 (CCl2F2), CFC-11 (CCl3F), COF2, HCFC-22 (CHClF2), HDO, SF6, OCS, HCN, CF4, CH3Cl, C2H2, CHF2Cl C2H6, N2, CO2, H2CO, H2O2, HO2NO2, HCOOH, CH3OH, COCl2, CCl4, COClF, HCFC-142b (ClF2C-CH3), CFC-113 (Cl2FC-CClF2), HCFC-141b (Cl2FC-CH3), as well as isotopologues for some of these molecules.
Public Data DOI:10.20383/102.0495

Version 4.0: H2O, O3, N2O, CO, CH4, NO, NO2, HNO3, HF, HCl, OCS, N2O5, ClONO2, HCN, CH3Cl, CF4, CFC-12 (CCl2F2), CFC-11 (CCl3F), COF2, COCl2, COClF, C2H6, C2H2, HCFC-22 (CHClF2), HCOOH, SF6, HO2NO2, H2O2, H2CO, CH3OH, CCl4, N2, O2, CFC-113 (Cl2FC-CClF2), HCFC-141b (Cl2FC-CH3), HCFC-142b (ClF2C-CH3), HFC-134a (F3C-CFH2), PAN (CH3C(O)OONO2), CHF3, acetone (C3H6O), SO2, CH3CN, ClO, CO2, as well as isotopologues for some of these molecules.
Public Data DOI:10.20383/101.0291

Version 4.1/4.2: H2O, O3, N2O, CO, CH4, NO, NO2, HNO3, HF, HCl, OCS, N2O5, ClONO2, HCN, CH3Cl, CF4, CFC-12 (CCl2F2), CFC-11 (CCl3F), COF2, COCl2, COClF, C2H6, C2H2, HCFC-22 (CHClF2), HCOOH, SF6, HO2NO2, H2O2, H2CO, CH3OH, CCl4, N2, O2, CFC-113 (Cl2FC-CClF2), HCFC-141b (Cl2FC-CH3), HCFC-142b (ClF2C-CH3), HFC-134a (F3C-CFH2), PAN (CH3C(O)OONO2), CHF3, acetone (C3H6O), SO2, CH3CN, ClO, CO2, as well as isotopologues for some of these molecules.
Public Data DOI:10.20383/103.01021

Version 5.2: H2O, O3, N2O, CO, CH4, NO, NO2, HNO3, HF, HCl, OCS, N2O5, ClONO2, HCN, CH3Cl, CF4, CFC-12 (CCl2F2), CFC-11 (CCl3F), COF2, COCl2, COClF, C2H6, C2H2, HCFC-22 (CHClF2), HCOOH, SF6, HO2NO2, H2O2, H2CO, CH3OH, CCl4, N2, O2, CFC-113 (Cl2FC-CClF2), HCFC-141b (Cl2FC-CH3), HCFC-142b (ClF2C-CH3), HFC-134a (F3C-CFH2), PAN (CH3C(O)OONO2), CHF3, acetone (C3H6O), SO2, CH3CN, ClO, CO2, HFC-32, HOCl, as well as isotopologues for some of these molecules and line-of-sight winds.

MAESTRO data

NO2 and O3 profiles are retrieved from the UV spectrometer at the measurement tangent altitudes and interpolated at the regular tangent height grid.

O3 profiles are retrieved from the VISIBLE spectrometer at the measurement tangent altitudes and interpolated at the regular tangent height grid.

ACE acknowledgement

In any publications using ACE data, it is important to acknowledge the Canadian Space Agency for the funding of the SCISAT satellite. Any text that recognizes the Canadian Space Agency as funding the ACE Mission is permitted, but we have provided a sample to use that meets this requirement. This simple statement has been used in many publications with ACE data.

"The Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment (ACE), also known as SCISAT, is a Canadian-led mission mainly supported by the Canadian Space Agency."


Access to the current level 5.2 ACE data is available upon request, but version 2.2 and version 4.0 are available as public datasets with the doi's listed above.