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The Earth Observing System Microwave Limb Sounder (EOS MLS) on the Aura SatelliteThe Earth Observing System Microwave Limb Sounder measures several atmospheric chemical species (OH, HO2, H2O, O3, HCl, ClO, HOCl, BrO, HNO3, N2O, CO, HCN, CH3CN, volcanic SO2), cloud ice, temperature, and geopotential height to improve our understanding of stratospheric ozone chemistry, the interaction of composition and climate, and pollution in the upper troposphere. All measurements are made simultaneously and continuously, during both day and night. The instrument uses heterodyne radiometers that observe thermal emission from the atmospheric limb in broad spectral regions centered near 118, 190, 240, and 640 GHz, and 2.5 THz. It was launched July 15, 2004 on the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Aura satellite and started full-up science operations on August 13, 2004. An atmospheric limb scan and radiometric calibration for all bands are performed routinely every 25 s. Vertical profiles are retrieved every 165 km along the suborbital track, covering 82 S to 82 N latitudes on each orbit. Instrument performance to date has been excellent; data have been made publicly available; and initial science results have been obtained.
Document ID
20080044821
Acquisition Source
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Waters, Joe W.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Froidevaux, Lucien
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Harwood, Robert S.
(Edinburgh Univ. United Kingdom)
Jarnot, Robert F.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Pickett, Herbert M.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Read, William G.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Siegel, Peter H.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Cofield, Richard E.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Filipiak, Mark J.
(Edinburgh Univ. United Kingdom)
Flower, Dennis A.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Holden, James R.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Lau, Gary K.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Livesey, Nathaniel J.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Manney, Gloria L
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Pumphrey, Hugh C.
(Edinburgh Univ. United Kingdom)
Santee, Michelle L.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Wu, Dong L.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Cuddy, David T.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Lay, Richard R.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Loo, Mario S.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Perun, Vincent S.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Schwartz, Michael J.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Stek, Paul C.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Thurstans, Robert P.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Boyles, Mark A.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 24, 2013
Publication Date
May 6, 2006
Publication Information
Publication: IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
Volume: 44
Issue: 5
ISSN: 0196-2892
Subject Category
Earth Resources And Remote Sensing
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
submillimeter wave
remote sensing
stratospheres
Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS)

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