Directory of Aura Resources

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Aura (Latin for breeze) was launched July 15, 2004. The design life is five years with an operational goal of six years. Aura flies in formation about 15 minutes behind Aqua. Aura is part of the Earth Observing System (EOS), a program dedicated to monitoring the complex interactions that affect the globe using NASA satellites and data systems.

Subcategories

• High Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder

Resources in This Category

• Earth Observatory Library: Aura

  http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Library/Aura/
  Offers an overview of the program, discussion of science results, and instrument details.

• Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS)

  http://mls.jpl.nasa.gov/
  Measures naturally-occurring microwave thermal emission from the limb (edge) of Earth's atmosphere to remotely sense vertical profiles of atmospheric gases, temperature, pressure, and cloud ice. Find instrument background, data, and images.

• NASA - Aura

  http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/aura/main/index.html
  Includes mission news, fact sheets, press kits, and featured multimedia.

• Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI)

  http://www.knmi.nl/omi/
  Find instrument specifications, data products, validation, science background, and news.

• Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES)

  http://tes.jpl.nasa.gov/
  Information about the project, instrument specifications, data products, images and animations.

• Wikipedia - Aura (satellite)

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aura_(satellite)
  Includes an overview of the program and summary of specifications.

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