English Abstract At present various instruments that will be able to
detect trace gases in the stratosphere and troposphere from satellites in
space are being developed. We refer, in particular, to the Global Ozone
Monitoring Experiment (GOME) of the European Space Agency to be launched on
the ERS-2 satellite in 1994/1995 and its successor SCIAMACHY. This report
investigates the sensitivity of the GOME spectrometer to detecting changes
in the tropospheric column density of ozone (O3), nitrogen dioxide (NO2)
sulphur dioxide (SO2) and formaldehyde (HCHO). The results of these GOME
sensitivity calculations for measurements of tropospheric O3, NO2, SO2 and
HCHO as a function of latitude and season are discussed.
