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EOS Aura MLS, first year post-launch engineering assessment

Lee, Karen A.·Lay, Richard R.·Jarnot, Robert F.·Cofield, Richard E.·Flower, Dennis A.·Pickett, Herbert M.
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This paper discusses the current status of the MLS instrument which now continuously provides data to produce global maps of targeted chemical species as well as temperature, cloud ice, and gravity wave activity. Performance trends are assessed with respect to characterization during initial on-orbit activiation of the instrument, and with data from ground test verification prior to launch.

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Lee, Karen A., Lay, Richard R., Jarnot, Robert F., Cofield, Richard E., Flower, Dennis A., Pickett, Herbert M.. 2005-07-01. EOS Aura MLS, first year post-launch engineering assessment. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20060042813

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