Early Data from Aura and Continuity from Uars and Toms |
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| Authors: | E Hilsenrath M R Schoeberl A R Douglass P K Bhartia J Barnett R Beer J Waters M Gunson L Froidevaux J Gille P F Levelt |
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| Institution: | (1) NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt Road, 20771 Greenbelt, MD, USA;(2) Oxford University, Oxford, UK;(3) Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, USA;(4) University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA;(5) Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute, De Bilt, The Netherlands |
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| Abstract: | Aura, the last of the large EOS observatories, was launched on July~15, 2004. Aura is designed to make comprehensive stratospheric
and tropospheric composition measurements from its four instruments, HIRDLS, MLS, OMI and TES. These four instruments work
in synergy to provide data on ozone trends, air quality and climate change. The instruments observe in the nadir and limb
and provide the best horizontal and vertical resolution ever achieved from space. After over one year in orbit the instruments
are nearly operational and providing data to the scientific community. We summarize the mission, instruments, and initial
results and give examples of how Aura will provide continuity to earlier chemistry missions. |
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| Keywords: | satellite observations atmospheric composition |
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