Microwave limb sounder
Themicrowave limb sounder(MLS) experiments measure (naturally occurring)microwavethermal emission from the limb (edge) of Earth's upper atmosphere. The data is used to create vertical profiles of atmospheric gases, temperature, pressure, and cloud ice.
History[edit]
- 12 September 1991 –NASAlaunchesUpper Atmosphere Research Satellite(UARS)STS-48mission, largely in response to threat ofchlorofluorocarbonstoozone layer.[1]
- 15 July 2004 – NASA launchesEarth Observing System(EOS)Auramission with overall scientific objectives of determining whether globalstratosphericozone is recovering, measuring composition effects on climate variability, and studying pollution in the uppertroposphere.[1]
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References[edit]
- ^ab"The Earth Observing System Microwave Limb Sounder (EOS MLS) on the Aura Satellite"(PDF).Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 14 November 2005.Retrieved10 October2006.