CAIRT User Survey

Survey

CAIRT user Survey

The Changing-Atmosphere Infrared Tomography Explorer CAIRT is one of two candidate missions for ESA’s Earth Explorer 11 satellite. CAIRT will for the first time observe the atmosphere from the troposphere to the lower thermosphere (about 5 to 115 km altitude) with simultaneously high spatial and spectral resolutions to provide a 3D view of atmospheric processes and composition at unprecedented scales.

This survey aims to obtain feedback from the wider community on how CAIRT data will be used and the CAIRT data products that will be of interest to different users.

ESA's Earth Explorer 11 (EE11) user consultation meeting will take place on 9 July 2025 in Prague, Czech Republic and is planned to support the final selection of one of the two missions to enter development as Earth Explorer 11.

https://atpi.eventsair.com/ee11ucm/

User data

First name*

Last name*

Affiliation*

E-mail address*

What is your main field of work?*

Scientific research

Operational prediction

Policy-making

Private sector (please specify in open comments)

Other (please specify in open comments)

Interest in CAIRT science topics

Please indicate the CAIRT science topics that are of particular interest to you (tick all boxes that apply)*

Middle atmosphere transport and age-of-air

Gravity wave propagation and wave driving

Coupling with upper atmosphere, solar variability and space weather

Ozone recovery

Atmospheric chemistry

Atmospheric dynamics

Stratosphere-troposphere exchange

Air quality

Near-real-time data and data assimilation

Climate change mitigation

NWP and extreme weather events

Interest in CAIRT data products

Please indicate the CAIRT data products that are of particular interest to you (tick all boxes that apply)*

Long-lived trace gases and age-of-air

Gravity wave momentum flux, speed, direction and drag

Nitrogen compounds (NOy)

Ozone

Water vapour

Temperature

Ozone-depleting substances (e.g. CFCs) and products (e.g. ClONO2)

Stratospheric aerosols and the stratospheric sulfur budget (H2SO4, SO2, COS)

Pollutants (CO, PAN) in the UTLS

Spectra (L1 data)

Interest in atmospheric regions

Please indicate which atmospheric regions are of particular interest for you (multiple answers possible)*

Mesosphere-Lower Thermosphere

Stratosphere

Upper Troposphere/Lower Stratosphere

Troposphere

Polar regions

Mid-latitudes

Tropics

Open Questions

How will you use CAIRT data?

What is your special interest in CAIRT?

How will you apply CAIRT data or what would you like to achieve with CAIRT data?

Other Comments

Would you like to receive occasional information about CAIRT?*

Yes

No

Disclaimer

Personal Data*

yes

I understand that my personal data and answers can be used by the CAIRT-Science team for the purpose of this survey and to promote the CAIRT mission. (The disclaimer "Your answers will be submitted anonymously" means that no registration with indico is necessary.)

Your answers will be submitted anonymously.