MLS Looking at the Limb

  • Credit

    NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

MLS Looking at the Limb

The chemistry of ozone destruction involves very small quantities of stratospheric gases which change rapidly with altitude. UARS is able to determine the altitude variation of these gases by looking at the atmosphere edge on. This is called limb sounding. The Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) measures microwave emission from ozone and chlorine monoxide, a major ozone destroying radical.

MLS observing the limb of the Earth

Metadata

  • Sensor

    UARS/MLS

  • Animation ID

    809

  • Video ID

    SVS1999-1001

  • Start Timecode

    1:01:15:04

  • End Timecode

    1:02:39:00

  • Animator

    Jesse Allen

  • Studio

    SVS

  • Visualization Date

    1999/04/09

  • Scientist

    Mark Schoeberl (NASA/GSFC)

  • Keywords

    Sensor

  • DLESE Subject

    Technology

  • Data Date

    None

  • Story URL

    stories/UARS/instruments.html

  • Animation Type

    Regular