News from JPL's Microwave Limb Sounder team http://mls.jpl.nasa.gov On 02 May 2008, version 2.2 reprocessing of all MLS data has completed. This reprocessing has covers the period from the July 2004 Aura launch to the present date. http://mls.jpl.nasa.gov/whatsnew.html The MLS data processing algorithms have recently been updated to version v02.23. http://mls.jpl.nasa.gov/whatsnew.html Aura MLS daily UTLS isentropic maps are now available on the MLS website. http://mls.jpl.nasa.gov/plots Aura attitude data had to be reprocessed using S-Band data for several dates in December 2007. Dates and times of this reprocessing are available on the MLS site -- this anomaly should not impact Level 2 data usage. http://mls.jpl.nasa.gov/whatsnew.html New MLS animations have been created for the 2006-2007 Northern Hemisphere Winter and the 2007 Southern Hemisphere Winter. http://mls.jpl.nasa.gov/plots The Aura spacecraft currently flies about 15.22 minutes behind Aqua in the A-Train. This position was originally dictated by the Svalbard downlink facilities' inability to acquire and download data from both Aura and Aqua within 15 minutes. http://aura.gsfc.nasa.gov/aurafeature102907.html MLS weekly troposhperic mean maps for v2.2 data are now available on the website. Maps are produced for weeks with at least 5 days of data. http://mls.jpl.nasa.gov/plots You may now pre-register for the 2007 Aura Science Team meeting on-line. The pre-registration fee is $75.00 http://mls.jpl.nasa.gov/aura2007 The MLS 640 GHz receiver was successfully reactivated on August 8, 2007 after it experienced an anomaly on July 14, 2007. Implications for standard data products. http://mls.jpl.nasa.gov/whatsnew.html Information on hotels, registration, etc. for the Aura Science Team Meeting at the Pasadena Convention Center in Pasadena, CA http://mls.jpl.nasa.gov/aura2007meeting.html Anomaly in MLS 640 GHz radiometer (R4) and affected L2 products -- HCl, BrO, HO2, HOCl, ClO and N2O from R4 will be unavailable. http://mls.jpl.nasa.gov/whatsnew.html The IDL reader for standard MLS Level 2 data files has been updated. This update adds a convergence flag for use with v2.2 data files. http://mls.jpl.nasa.gov/data/readers.php MLS Level 1 files for v2.2 are now being distributed from the GES-DISC. http://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/datapool/MLS/Level1.002/ The MLS publications page is now searchable by authors, titles, journals, and subject matters. Use this new search function to browse through over 400 MLS-related publications. http://mls.jpl.nasa.gov/publications.php A new Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feed is now available. It will be used to send out announcements, news, and updates from the MLS science team. http://mls.jpl.nasa.gov/mls_news.xml Version 2.2 data and documentation is now available from the GES-DISC. http://mls.jpl.nasa.gov/whatsnew.html A set of "derived meteorological products" (DMPs) are now available on the mls website corresponding to the MLS v1.5 L2GP dataset (and are being produced for the v2.2 dataset as it is processed). http://mls.jpl.nasa.gov/dmp Upgrades to the MLS website have been released to provide more tools and information to reserachers. http://mls.jpl.nasa.gov The Earth Observing System (EOS) Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) team has started reprocessing using version 2.20 MLS algorithms. This is the 2nd major MLS data release (version 1.51/1.52 being the first) and data can be retrieved from the AVDC. http://avdc.gsfc.nasa.gov