An overview of NDSC-related activities at the Jungfraujoch through high-resolution infrared solar observations

Since the mid-1970s, infrared remote sensing at the Jungfraujoch, Switzerland, has been performed in response to the need to measure the concentrations and assess the seasonal and long-term changes of an increasing number of atmospheric constituents. Currently, the vertical column abundances of over 20 telluric gases are being monitored, based on the analysis of solar spectra recorded regularly between 2 and 14 microns, using two high-resolution Fourier transform spectrometers. In this paper, emphasis is placed on those activities more specifically performed within the framework of the NDSC (Network for the Detection of Stratospheric Change) whose objectives are briefly described in the introduction.