CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY
- MLS
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Full Name
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Microwave Limb Sounder (UARS)
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Status
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No longer operational
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Instrument Agencies
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NASA
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Maturity
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Instrument Type
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Atmospheric temperature and humidity sounders  and Atmospheric chemistry
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Geometry
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Limb-scanning
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Instrument Technology
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Limb-scanning MW spectrometer
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Sampling
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Sounding
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Data Access
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Data Format
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Measurements and Applications
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Data on emissions of chlorine monoxide, water vapour and ozone. Data also used for determination of atmospheric pressure and temperatures as a function of altitude from observations of molecular oxygen emissions.
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Resolution Summary
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Swath Summary
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Accuracy Summary
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Waveband Summary
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| FIR (~15.0 µm - ~0.1 cm) |
| MW (~0.1 cm - ~100 cm) |
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Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
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Instrument Missions
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