Title :
The EOS Aura Mission
Author :
Schoeberl, M.R. ; Douglass, A.R. ; Hilsenrath, E. ; Luce, M. ; Bamett, J. ; Beer, R. ; Waters, J. ; Gille, J. ; Levelt, P.F. ; DeCola, P.
Author_Institution :
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Abstract :
The EOS Aura Mission is designed to make comprehensive chemical measurements of the troposphere and stratosphere. In addition the mission will make measurements of important climate variables such as aerosols, and upper tropospheric water vapor and ozone. Aura will launch in late 2003 and will fly 15 minutes behind EOS Aqua in a polar sun synchronous ascending node orbit with a 1:30 pm equator crossing time
Keywords :
aerosols; aerospace instrumentation; atmospheric composition; atmospheric humidity; atmospheric measuring apparatus; ozone; remote sensing; stratosphere; troposphere; EOS Aura Mission; aerosols; chemical measurements; climate variables; ozone; stratosphere; troposphere; water vapor; Aerosols; Atmospheric measurements; Chemicals; Earth Observing System; Extraterrestrial measurements; Instruments; NASA; Pollution measurement; Sea measurements; Terrestrial atmosphere;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2001. IGARSS '01. IEEE 2001 International
Conference_Location :
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7031-7
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2001.976111
