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AN: A33A-0118    [Abstracts]
TI: NASA Langley Atmospheric Sciences Data Center: The Source for TES Data
AU: * Hunt, L A
EM: larc@eos.nasa.gov
AF: NASA LaRC ASDC, MS 157D 2 S, Wright St, Hampton, VA 23681-2199 United States
AB: The NASA Langley Atmospheric Sciences Data Center (ASDC) is the archive and distribution center for data from the Tropospheric Emissions Spectrometer (TES) instrument. TES was launched into a sun-synchronous orbit aboard Aura, the third of NASA's Earth Observing System spacecraft, on July 15, 2004. The primary objective of TES is to make global, three-dimensional measurements of ozone and other chemical species involved in its formation and destruction. TES standard Level 2 data products will include global-scale vertical profile measurements of ozone, water vapor, carbon monoxide, methane, nitric oxide, nitrogen dioxide and nitric acid for 16 orbits every other day. Additional products include atmospheric temperature profiles, surface skin temperatures, and land surface emissivity. These data are planned for public release at the ASDC in late Summer, 2005. The TES instrument is a high-resolution imaging infrared Fourier-transform spectrometer that operates in both nadir and limb-sounding modes. In addition, special events can be monitored with the ability of TES to point at a specific location for a few minutes on any given orbit. This capability can be used for targets such as gas-emitting volcanoes, to support the study of volcanic emissions for hazard mitigation, indications of the chemical state of the magma, and eruption prediction. The ASDC provides data access, services and tools for over 35 projects in the discipline areas of Earth's radiation budget, clouds, aerosols and tropospheric chemistry. Additional information is available from our web site, http://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov
UR: http://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov
DE: 0365 Troposphere--composition and chemistry
SC: Atmospheric Sciences [A]
MN: 2004 AGU Fall Meeting