The Earth observing system microwave limb sounder (EOS MLS) on the aura Satellite

Waters, J. W.; Froidevaux, L.; Harwood, R. S.; Jarnot, R. F.; Pickett, Herbert M.; Read, W. G.; Siegel, Peter H.; Cofield, R. E.; Filipiak, M. J.; Flower, D. A.; Holden, James R.; Lau, G.K.; Livesey, N. J.; Manney, G. L.; Pumphrey, H. C.; Santee, M. L.; Wu, Dong L.; Cuddy, D.; Lay, R.; Loo, M. S.; Perun, V. S.; Schwartz, M.; Stek, P. C.; Thurstans, R. P.; Boyles, Mark A.; Chandra, Kumar; Chavez, M. C.; Chen, Gun-Shing; Chudasama, Bijal; Dodge, Randy; Fuller, R. A.; Girard, M. A.; Jiang, Jonathan H.; Jiang, Yibo; Knosp, B.; LaBelle, Remi; Lam, Jonathan C.; Lee, K.A.; Miller, David C.; Oswald, J.E.; Patel, Neesha; Pukala, David; Quintero, O.; Scaff, D.M.; Snyder, W. Van; Tope, Mike; Wagner, Paul; Walch, Marc

doi:10.1109/tgrs.2006.873771

articleIEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote SensingApr 28, 2006Closed access

The Earth observing system microwave limb sounder (EOS MLS) on the aura Satellite

JWJ. W. Waters LFL. Froidevaux RSR. S. Harwood RFR. F. Jarnot HMHerbert M. Pickett

Jet Propulsion Laboratory · University of Edinburgh

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Abstract

The Earth Observing System Microwave Limb Sounder measures several atmospheric chemical species (OH, HO/sub 2/, H/sub 2/O, O/sub 3/, HCl, ClO, HOCl, BrO, HNO/sub 3/, N/sub 2/O, CO, HCN, CH/sub 3/CN, volcanic SO/sub 2/), 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…

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Microwave Limb Sounder
Radiometer
Troposphere
Satellite
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Stratosphere
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