New Data from Aura's Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) Water Vapor
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The Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) measures the chemistry of the lower stratosphere and upper troposphere. Measuring concentration of water vapor and other chemicals. Approximately 50 percent of the atmosphere's moisture lies within about 1.84 km of the earth's surface, and only a minute fraction of the total occurs above the tropopause.
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This animation shows varied concentrations of H2O near the Antarctic pole. Water vapor, clouds, and carbon dioxide are the main atmospheric components in the exchange of terrestrial radiation in the troposphere, serving as a regulator of planetary temperatures via greenhouse effect.
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Water Vapor, August 13, 2004
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Water Vapor, August 31, 2004
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Water Vapor, September 2, 2004
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Water Vapor, September 5, 2004
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Water Vapor, September 6, 2004
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Water Vapor, September 10, 2004
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Water Vapor, September 12, 2004
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Water Vapor, September 17, 2004
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Water Vapor, September 18, 2004
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Water Vapor, October 1, 2004
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Water Vapor, October 7, 2004
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Water Vapor, October 9, 2004
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Water Vapor, October 10, 2004
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Water Vapor, October 11, 2004
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Water Vapor, October 12, 2004
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Water Vapor, October 14, 2004
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Animation Number: | 3057 |
Animators: | Stuart A. Snodgrass (SVS) (Lead) |
| Lori Perkins (SVS) |
Completed: | 2004-12-14 |
Scientist: | Mark Schoeberl (NASA/GSFC) |
Instrument: | Aura/MLS |
Data set: | Water Vapor |
Data Collected: | 2004/08/13-17, 20-23, 25-31, 2004/09/02-06, 10, 12, 17-22, 24-29, 2004/10/01, 03-07, 09-12, 14 |
Series: | Aura First Light |
Goddard TV Tapes: | G2004-064 |
| G2008-042HD -- HD Fires, Ozone, and Air Quality RT |
Keywords:
SVS
>> HDTV
GCMD
>> EARTH SCIENCE
>> Atmosphere
>> Atmospheric Water Vapor
>> Water Vapor
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More Information on this topic available at:
http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/lookingatearth/aura_first.html
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Please give credit for this item to NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio |
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