TES on the aura mission: scientific objectives, measurements, and analysis overview

Author

Beer, Reinhard

Author_Institution

Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA

Volume

44

Issue

5

fYear

2006

fDate

5/1/2006 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1102

Lastpage

1105

Abstract

The Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES) is a high-resolution infrared imaging Fourier transform spectrometer specifically aimed at determining the chemical state of the Earth´s lower atmosphere (the troposphere). In particular, TES produces vertical profiles 0-32 km of important pollutant and greenhouse gases such as carbon monoxide, ozone, methane, and water vapor on a global scale every other day.

Keywords

Fourier transform spectrometers; aerospace instrumentation; air pollution; atmospheric composition; atmospheric measuring apparatus; infrared imaging; troposphere; Aura Mission; Fourier spectroscopy; TES; Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer; carbon monoxide; greenhouse gas; infrared imaging Fourier transform spectrometer; infrared spectroscopy; methane; ozone; pollutant; remote sensing; troposphere; vertical profiles; water vapor; Atmospheric measurements; Carbon dioxide; Chemicals; Earth; Fourier transforms; Global warming; Infrared imaging; Pollution measurement; Spectroscopy; Terrestrial atmosphere; Chemistry; Fourier spectroscopy; infrared spectroscopy; ozone; remote sensing; terrestrial atmosphere;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0196-2892

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TGRS.2005.863716

Filename

1624591