Temperature of tropopause Measurements Made by Earth Observation Satellites

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Temperature of tropopause

Measurement Definition*: Atmospheric temperature at the height of the surface separating the troposphere from the stratosphere - Physical unit: [ K ] - Accuracy unit: [ K ].

Instrument	Status/ Accuracy	Instrument Description	Measurement Technology	Timeline
ACE-FTS Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment (ACE) Fourier Transform Spectrometer	Operational	Measure and understand the chemical processes that control the distribution of ozone in the Earth's atmosphere, especially at high altitudes.	Limb-scanning IR spectrometer
AMSU-A Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A	Operational	All-weather night-day temperature sounding to an altitude of 45 km.	n/a
AMSU-A Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A	Operational	All-weather night-day temperature sounding to an altitude of 45 km. AMSU-A on Aqua is still partially operational, with 9 of the 15 channels working and collecting data.	n/a
IRAS InfraRed Atmospheric Sounder	Operational	Atmospheric sounding for weather forecasting.	n/a
MWRI Micro-Wave Radiation Imager	Operational	All weather observations of precipitation, cloud features, vegetation, soil moisture sea ice, etc.	n/a

* Description adapted from WMO.