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Microwave Limb Sounder

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The Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) experiments measure naturally-occurring microwave thermal emission from the limb (edge) of Earth's atmosphere to remotely sense vertical profiles of atmospheric gases, temperature, pressure, and cloud ice. The overall objective of these experiments is to provide information that will help improve our understanding of Earth's atmosphere and global change.

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BrO HO2 CH3CN O3 H2O OH
HOCl ClO IWC HCl RHi HCN
CO N2O GPH Temperature HNO3 All

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Maps @ 46hPa; SO2 @ 147hPa and CO @ 215hPa

Latest Publications

  1. Lee, J.N., D.L. Wu, and A. Ruzmaikin, "Interannual variations of MLS carbon monoxide induced by solar cycle," J. Atmos. Solar-Terr. Phys. 102, 99-104, 10.1016/j.jastp.2013.05.012, 2013.   reprint  

  2. Stachnik, R.A., L. Millan, R. Jarnot, R. Monroe, C. McLinden, S. Kühl, J. Puķīte, M. Shiotani, M. Suzuki, Y. Kasai, F. Goutail, J.P. Pommereau, M. Dorf, and K. Pfeilsticker, "Stratospheric BrO abundance measured by a balloon-borne submillimeterwave radiometer," Atmos. Chem. Phys. 13, 3307-3319, doi:10.5194/acp-13-3307-2013, 2013.   reprint  

  3. Park, M., W.J. Randel, D.E. Kinnison, L.K. Emmons, P.F. Bernath, K.A. Walker, C.D. Boone, and N.J. Livesey, "Hydrocarbons in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere observed from ACE-FTS and comparisons with WACCM," J. Geophys. Res. 118, 1964-1980, 10.1029/2012JD018327 , 2013.   reprint  

  4. Oksanen, E., V. Pandey, A.K. Pandey, S. Keski-Saari, S. Kontunen-Soppela, and C. Sharma, "Impacts of increasing ozone on Indian plants," Environmental Pollution 177, 0, 189-200, 10.1016/j.envpol.2013.02.010 , 2013.   reprint  

  5. France, J.A., and V.L. Harvey, "A climatology of the stratopause in WACCM and the zonally asymmetric elevated stratopause," J. Geophys. Res. 118, 1–14, doi:10.1002/jgrd.50218, 2013.   reprint  

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MLS now has a website that has been optimized for many mobile devices. On this site you can quickly look up information on data products, publications, and even view selected daily plots. Check it out on your iPhone, BlackBerry, or other web-enabled phone today!

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