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
- Nützel, M., A. Podglajen, H. Garny, and F. Ploeger, "Quantification of water vapour transport from the Asian monsoon to the stratosphere," Atmos. Chem. Phys. 19, 13, 8947-8966, doi:10.5194/acp-19-8947-2019, 2019. reprint
- Fritts, D., H. Iimura, D. Janches, R. Lieberman, D. Riggin, N. Mitchell, R. Vincent, I. Reid, D. Murphy, M. Tsutsumi, A. Kavanagh, P. Batista, and W. Hocking, "Structure, Variability, and Mean‐Flow Interactions of the January 2015 Quasi‐Two‐Day Wave at Middle and High Southern Latitudes," Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, doi:10.1029/2018jd029728, 2019. reprint
- Hakim, Z., S. Archer-Nicholls, G. Beig, G. Folberth, K. Sudo, N. Abraham, S. Ghude, D. Henze, and A. Archibald, "Evaluation of tropospheric ozone and ozone precursors in simulations from the HTAPII and CCMI model intercomparisons – a focus on the Indian subcontinent," Atmos. Chem. Phys. 19, 9, 6437-6458, doi:10.5194/acp-19-6437-2019, 2019. reprint
- Johansson, S., M. Santee, J. Grooß, M. Höpfner, M. Braun, F. Friedl-Vallon, F. Khosrawi, O. Kirner, E. Kretschmer, H. Oelhaf, J. Orphal, B. Sinnhuber, I. Tritscher, J. Ungermann, K. Walker, and W. Woiwode, "Unusual chlorine partitioning in the 2015/16 Arctic winter lowermost stratosphere: observations and simulations," Atmos. Chem. Phys. 19, 12, 8311-8338, doi:10.5194/acp-19-8311-2019, 2019. reprint
- Dolinar, E.K., X. Dong, B. Xi, J.H. Jiang, N.G. Loeb, J.R. Campbell, and H. Su, "A global record of single-layered ice cloud properties and associated radiative heating rate profiles from an A-Train perspective," Climate Dynamics, 2019. 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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