Microwave limb sounder explained
The microwave limb sounder (MLS) experiments measure (naturally occurring) microwave thermal emission from the limb (edge) of Earth's upper atmosphere. The data is used to create vertical profiles of atmospheric gases, temperature, pressure, and cloud ice.
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- Web site: The Earth Observing System Microwave Limb Sounder (EOS MLS) on the Aura Satellite . https://web.archive.org/web/20051114205558/http://mls.jpl.nasa.gov/joe/EOS-MLS_Overview_IEEE_GRS_submitted.pdf . dead . 2005-11-14 . 2006-10-10.