SCIAMACHY Operations History and the New Level 1b Product - an Approach for Long-term Data Preservation

SCIAMACHY on ENVISAT has acquired, over a period of 10 years, a wealth of high quality measurement data. After the end of the SCIAMACHY/ENVISAT mission it has become a paramount goal to ensure long-term availability of this dataset together with auxiliary information such as instrument operations and configuration know-how. We will store essential operations and instrument information in the new level 1b product, which will be developed in the framework of the SQWG phase F. We report on the overall concept of operations and instrument information in the SCIAMACHY level 1b product and on the current status of its implementation.