CEOS Instrument: Microwave Limb Sounder (EOS-Aura)
| Instrument: | MLS (EOS-Aura) |
| Agency: | NASA |
| Mission: | Aura |
| Status: | Operational |
| Type: | Limb-scanning MW spectrometer |
| Description: | Measures lower stratospheric temperature and concentration of H2O, O3, ClO, HCl, OH, HNO3, N2O and SO2 |
| Spatial Resolution: | 3 x 300 km horizontal x 1.2 km vertical |
| Swath Width: | Limb scan 2.5 - 62.5 km Limb to limb |
| Wavebands: | Microwave: 118 GHz, 190 GHz, 240 GHz, 640 GHz and 2.5 THz |
| Technology: | Limb-scanning MW spectrometer |
| Description: | Spectrometer operating in the millimetre-submillimetre range (30-3000 GHz) with spectral resolution typically around 0.01 % required for atmospheric chemistry. Designed to provide high vertical resolution in the upper troposphere and above by scanning the Earth’s limb. Some thousands of channels. Spatial resolution typically 1-3 km vertical, 300-500 km horizontal. Applicable only in LEO. |
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CEOS Data Base Version: 17 - Created: 2012-01-18