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The Earth observing system microwave limb sounder (EOS MLS) on the aura Satellite
2006
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
The Earth Observing System Microwave Limb Sounder measures several atmospheric chemical species (OH, HO 2 , H 2 O, O 3 , HCl, ClO, HOCl, BrO, HNO 3 , N 2 O, CO, HCN, CH 3 CN, volcanic SO 2 ), cloud ice ...
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. ...
ACKNOWLEDGMENT The authors thank colleagues at JPL and the University of Edinburgh for their help throughout development of EOS MLS. The authors thank JPL management, especially C. ...
doi:10.1109/tgrs.2006.873771
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Design and field-of-view calibration of 114-660-GHz optics of the Earth observing system microwave limb sounder
2006
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
This paper describes the optics design and field-ofview (FOV) calibration for five radiometers covering 114-660 GHz which share a common antenna in the Microwave Limb Sounder instrument on the National ...
Aeronautics and Space Administration's Aura satellite. ...
ACKNOWLEDGMENT The authors wish to acknowledge the work of many members of the MLS science and instrument teams whose contribu- ...
doi:10.1109/tgrs.2006.873234
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Early validation analyses of atmospheric profiles from EOS MLS on the aura Satellite
2006
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
We present results of early validation studies using retrieved atmospheric profiles from the Earth Observing System Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) instrument on the Aura satellite. ...
"Global" results are presented for MLS measurements of atmospheric temperature, ozone, water vapor, hydrogen chloride, nitrous oxide, nitric acid, and carbon monoxide, with a focus on the January-March ...
Aziz for help in data management and computer support; MLS "SIPS" data processing team at Raytheon, Pasadena; and the extended MLS team for their work on the MLS instrument. ...
doi:10.1109/tgrs.2006.864366
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Retrieval algorithms for the EOS Microwave limb sounder (MLS)
2006
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
The retrieval algorithms for the Earth Observing System Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) on the Aura spacecraft, launched on July 15, 2004, are described. ...
These algorithms are used to produce estimates of geophysical parameters such as vertical profiles of atmospheric temperature and composition ("Level 2" data) from the calibrated MLS observations of microwave ...
INTRODUCTION
T HE Earth Observing System (EOS) Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) instrument [1] , [2] is one of four instruments on the Aura spacecraft that was launched on July 15, 2004 . ...
doi:10.1109/tgrs.2006.872327
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EOS MLS cloud ice measurements and cloudy-sky radiative transfer model
2006
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
A cloud ice retrieval technique is described here using measurements at frequencies near 118, 190, 240, and 640 GHz and 2.5 THz from the Earth Observing System Microwave Limb Sounder on the NASA Aura satellite ...
Some early Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) results are highlighted, and the observed cloud signatures are consistent with the expectation from model simulations, in general. ...
ACKNOWLEDGMENT The authors would like to thank their MLS colleagues for the instrument operation and data processing, especially Dr. J. Waters, Dr. W. Read, and Dr. M. ...
doi:10.1109/tgrs.2006.869994
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The two-day wave in EOS MLS temperature and wind measurements during 2004-2005 winter
2005
Geophysical Research Letters
Waters et al., The Earth Observing System Microwave Limb Sounder (EOS MLS) on the Aura satellite, submitted to IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 2005) . ...
. [4] Here, the most recent two-day wave episode is reported using observations by the Earth Observing System (EOS) MLS aboard NASA's Aura satellite, launched in July 2004 (J. ...
doi:10.1029/2005gl023396
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EOS MLS Science Data Processing System: a description of architecture and capabilities
2006
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
The Earth Observing System (EOS) Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) is an atmospheric remote sensing experiment led by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of the California Institute of Technology. ...
The EOS MLS is one of four instruments on the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) EOS Aura spacecraft mission launched on July 15, 2004, with an operational period extending at least 5 ...
Robert Thurstans and Navnit Patel for their help throughout the development and testing of the EOS MLS Science Data Processing System. ...
doi:10.1109/tgrs.2005.863712
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Four-dimensional variational assimilation of ozone profiles from the Microwave Limb Sounder on the Aura satellite
2008
Journal of Geophysical Research
1] Ozone profiles from the Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) onboard the Aura satellite of the NASA's Earth Observing System (EOS) were experimentally added to the European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasts ...
Livesey (2008), Four-dimensional variational assimilation of ozone profiles from the Microwave Limb Sounder on the Aura satellite, ...
Haley of the University of York, Canada, for their kindness in providing us with their ozone observations. The authors also thank the referees for their suggestions in helping to improve this paper. ...
doi:10.1029/2007jd009121
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The clear-sky unpolarized forward model for the EOS aura microwave limb sounder (MLS)
2006
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
This paper describes the Earth Observing System (EOS) Aura Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) forward model for a clear-sky atmosphere emitting unpolarized radiation. ...
An additional model relating the pointing heights supplied by the Aura satellite operations and MLS scan pointing encoders to the limb tangent pressure and atmospheric temperature is described. ...
INTRODUCTION T HE Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) [1] , [2] is one of four instruments on the Earth Observing System (EOS) Aura satellite that was launched into a nearly polar low Earth orbit on July ...
doi:10.1109/tgrs.2006.873233
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EOS MLS forward model polarized radiative transfer for Zeeman-split oxygen lines
2006
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
Index Terms-Earth Observing System (EOS) Aura, forward model, Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS), Zeeman. ...
This work supplements the Earth Observing System (EOS) Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) clear-sky unpolarized forward model with algorithms for modeling polarized emission from the Zeeman-split 118.75-GHz ...
INTRODUCTION
T HE Earth Observing System (EOS) Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) instrument [1] , one of four instruments on the Aura spacecraft launched on July 15, 2004 , measures thermal millimeter-wave ...
doi:10.1109/tgrs.2005.862267
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Comparison of GPS/SAC-C and MIPAS/ENVISAT Temperature Profiles and Its Possible Implementation for EOS MLS Observations
[chapter]
2005
Earth Observation with CHAMP
A similar cross comparison technique can be used to help validate the observed temperatures from the new EOS MLS instrument, to be launched in 2004. ...
This analysis presents comparisons of the atmospheric temperatures retrieved from GPS/SAC-C radio occultation observations using the JPL retrieval software, and from MIPAS/ENVISAT infrared spectrum measurements ...
Future comparison with EOS MLS The Earth Observing System (EOS) Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) is a 'second-generation' MLS experiment [Waters et al., 1999 ] to be launched onboard the NASA EOS Aura satellite ...
doi:10.1007/3-540-26800-6_91
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Convective outflow of South Asian pollution: A global CTM simulation compared with EOS MLS observations
2005
Geophysical Research Letters
1] A global 3-D chemical transport model is used to analyze observations of carbon monoxide (CO) and upper tropospheric clouds from the EOS Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS). ...
of CO resemble MLS observations. ...
We thank all colleagues and associates for contributing to the MLS project. We also thank Jean-Pierre Blanchet for helpful comments. ...
doi:10.1029/2005gl022762
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Comparisons of EOS MLS cloud ice measurements with ECMWF analyses and GCM simulations: Initial results
2005
Geophysical Research Letters
To assess the status of global climate models (GCMs) in simulating upper-tropospheric ice water content (IWC), a new set of IWC measurements from the Earth Observing System's Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS ...
The implications arising from sampling and uncertainties in the observations, the modeled values and their comparison are discussed. ...
The first author was supported by the JPL's Research and Technology Development fund. The second author was supported by JPL's Human Resources Development Fund. Dr. ...
doi:10.1029/2005gl023788
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Properties of the quasi 16 day wave derived from EOS MLS observations
2011
Journal of Geophysical Research
1] This paper describes the use of EOS Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) data to observe the field of traveling planetary waves with quasi 16 day periods. ...
The reflection and absorption of waves associated with critical lines is also likely to explain the frequent occurrence of standing wave patterns in the EOS MLS temperature observations. ...
The EOS MLS data were provided by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA via their Web site. ...
doi:10.1029/2010jd014719
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Radiometric and spectral performance and calibration of the GHz bands of EOS MLS
2006
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
This paper describes radiometric performance and pre-launch radiometric and spectral calibrations of the GHz component of the Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) experiment on NASA's Aura spacecraft. ...
Estimated systematic scaling uncertainties (3σ) on limb radiances are ∼0.5% from radiometric calibration, with an additional 0.55% (118 GHz bands) to 0.8% (640 GHz bands) equivalent scaling error from ...
INTRODUCTION E OS MLS on Aura is a follow-on to the successful MLS instrument on the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) [1] . ...
doi:10.1109/tgrs.2005.863714
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