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Unlikable Ike Looms Large
Hurricane Ike marches west in this Sept. 4 early morning infrared image from NASA's Aqua spacecraft. Ike is a compact but powerful storm with maximum sustained winds of 217 kilometers (135 miles) per hour.
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EARTH-OBSERVING MISSIONS
Current JPL-developed and managed satellites and instruments
Active Cavity Irradiance
Monitor Satellite
Monitors total sun energy that reaches Earth.
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Atmospheric Infrared Sounder
on Aqua satellite
Measures air and surface temperature, clouds, humidity.
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Microwave Limb Sounder
on Aura satellite
Improves understanding of ozone and precursors.
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Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer on Aura satellite
Observes ozone and gases in the troposphere, the part of atmosphere where we live
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CloudSat
Revealing the inner secrets of clouds.
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Gravity Recovery and
Climate Experiment
Measures Earth's gravitational field.
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Ocean Surface Topography Mission/Jason 2
A follow-on to Jason 1, this mission charts sea level, and its data will help improve climate and weather forecasts.
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Jason-1
Measures ocean level changes and El Niño.
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Quick Scatterometer
Measures ocean surface winds.
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Advanced Spaceborne Thermal
Emission and Reflection Radiometer
on Terra satellite
Takes high-resolution images, global and local.
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Multi-angle Imaging
Spectro-Radiometer
on Terra satellite
Images Earth and aerosols from nine angles.
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Shuttle Radar Topography Mission
Acquired the most complete near global mapping of Earth's topography.
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