Microwave Limb Sounder
Welcome
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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Latest Publications
- Tweedy, O., D. Waugh, W. Randel, M. Abalos, L. Oman, and D. Kinnison, "The Impact of Boreal Summer ENSO Events on Tropical Lower Stratospheric Ozone," Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 123, 9843-9857, doi:10.1029/2018jd029020, 2018. reprint
- Hocke, K., M. Lainer, L. Bernet, and N. Kämpfer, "Mesospheric Inversion Layers at Mid-Latitudes and Coincident Changes of Ozone, Water Vapour and Horizontal Wind in the Middle Atmosphere," Atmosphere 9, 5, 171, doi:10.3390/atmos9050171, 2018. reprint
- Thölix, L., A. Karpechko, L. Backman, and R. Kivi, "Linking the uncertainty in simulated arctic ozone losses to modelling of tropical stratospheric water vapour," Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 1-28, doi:10.5194/acp-2018-310, in review.
- Tritscher, I., J. Grooß, R. Spang, M. Pitts, L. Poole, R. Müller, and M. Riese, "Lagrangian simulation of ice particles and resulting dehydration inthe polar winter stratosphere," Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 1-32, doi:10.5194/acp-2018-337, in review.
- Chalapathi, G.V., S. Eswaraiah, P.V. Prasanth, J. Lee, K.N. Kumar, and Y.H. Kim, "Unusual Changes in Stratospheric Ozone and Water Vapor Over Antarctica and its Relation to Mesosphere Dynamics during a Minor Sudden Stratosphere Warming," International Journal of Current Research and Review 10, 10, 53-58, doi:10.31782/ijcrr.2018.10108, 2018. reprint
MLS FTP Server Shutdown
On June 29, 2018, the MLS FTP server at ftp://mls.jpl.nasa.gov has been permanently shut down. All MLS-related data files are now offered over HTTPS. Please see the relevant section of the MLS website for information on where to find any data you are interested in.
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