HR: 1340h
AN: A33A-0142    [Abstracts]
TI: Mesospheric CO Measured by Aura MLS
AU: Filipiak, M J
EM: mjf@met.ed.ac.uk
AF: University of Edinburgh, School of GeoSciences, James Clerk Maxwell Building, King's Buildings, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ United Kingdom
AU: * Harwood, R S
EM: r.harwood@ed.ac.uk
AF: University of Edinburgh, School of GeoSciences, James Clerk Maxwell Building, King's Buildings, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ United Kingdom
AU: Livesey, N J
EM: livesey@mls.jpl.nasa.gov
AF: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109 United States
AU: Manney, G L
EM: manney@iguana.jpl.nasa.gov
AF: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109 United States
AU: Manney, G L
EM: manney@iguana.jpl.nasa.gov
AF: New Mexico Highlands University, Dept of Natural Sciences, Box 9000, Las Vegas, NM 87701 United States
AU: Read, W G
EM: bill@mls.jpl.nasa.gov
AF: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109 United States
AU: Schwartz, M J
EM: michael@mls.jpl.nasa.gov
AF: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109 United States
AU: Snyder, W V
EM: vsnyder@maths.jpl.nasa.gov
AF: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109 United States
AU: Wagner, P A
EM: pwagner@mls.jpl.nasa,gov
AF: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109 United States
AU: Waters, J W
EM: joe@mls.jpl.nasa.gov
AF: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109 United States
AB: Carbon monoxide (CO) is a excellent tracer of dynamical processes in the mesosphere, especially in the winter polar region. EOS Aura's Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) measurements of mesospheric / upper stratospheric CO are the first from satellite in over a decade. Preliminary results from the first 3 months of operation are presented and compared with previous ground-based and satellite-based measurements.
DE: 3332 Mesospheric dynamics
DE: 3334 Middle atmosphere dynamics (0341, 0342)
DE: 0340 Middle atmosphere--composition and chemistry
DE: 0341 Middle atmosphere--constituent transport and chemistry (3334)
DE: 0394 Instruments and techniques
SC: Atmospheric Sciences [A]
MN: 2004 AGU Fall Meeting