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AURA
Atmospheric Chemistry: Ozone and Air Quality
Launched in:
2004
Repeat cycle:
16 days
Orbit height:
705 km
Orbit type:
Sun Synchronous
Organisation:
NASA - USA
Launched 15 Jul 2004;
The Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES) sensor was ended on 31 January 2018.
AURA websites
Information
NASA JPL - MLS website
NASA Goddard - Aura
DLR - World Data Center Atmosphere
Data ordering
ESA Earth Online - Data access
NASA JPL - MLS website
KNMI Data Centre
IRI/LDEO Climate Data Library
NASA EarthData - Search
NASA - LANCE FIRMS Near-real time data
NASA GES DISC - Aura OMI
NASA GES DISC - Aura HIRDLS/MLS
ESA - Third Party Missions (data for research)
On Board Sensors
HIRDLS (High Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder)
Information
DLR - World Data Center Atmosphere
NASA Goddard - HIRDLS instrument
UCAR archived site - HIRDLS
Data ordering
NASA GES DISC - Aura HIRDLS/MLS
Sensor Bands
Band
Wavelength
(µm)
Bandwidth
(µm)
Resolution
(m)
Swath width
(km)
Revisit time
(days)
Band 1-21 (TIR)
6 to 18
500 (1)
2000 (3000)
MLS (Microwave Limb Sounder)
Information
DLR - World Data Center Atmosphere
NASA Goddard - MLS instrument
NASA JPL - Missions
NASA JPL - MLS website
Data ordering
NASA - LANCE FIRMS Near-real time data
NASA EarthData - Search
NASA GES DISC - Aura HIRDLS/MLS
NASA JPL - MLS website
Sensor Bands
Band
Wavelength
(µm)
Bandwidth
(µm)
Resolution
(m)
Swath width
(km)
Revisit time
(days)
Band 118 GHz (Other)
3000 (5000)
Band 190 GHz (Other)
3000 (5000)
Band 240 GHz (Other)
3000 (5000)
Band 640 GHz (Other)
3000 (5000)
Band 2.5 THz (Other)
3000 (5000)
OMI (Ozone Monitoring Instrument)
Information
DLR - World Data Center Atmosphere
NASA Goddard - OMI instrument
Data ordering
IRI/LDEO Climate Data Library
KNMI Data Centre
NASA - LANCE FIRMS Near-real time data
NASA EarthData - Search
NASA GES DISC - Aura OMI
NASA Giovanni (data and visualisation)
Sensor Bands
Band
Wavelength
(µm)
Bandwidth
(µm)
Resolution
(m)
Swath width
(km)
Revisit time
(days)
Band UV-1 (UV)
0.27 to 0.14
13000 (24000)
2600
Band UV-2 (UV)
0.306 to 0.38
Band VIS (VIS)
0.35 to 0.5
13000 (12000)
2600 (750)
TES (Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer)
Information
DLR - World Data Center Atmosphere
NASA Goddard - TES instrument
NASA JPL - TES instrument
Data ordering
NASA EarthData - Search
Sensor Bands
Band
Wavelength
(µm)
Bandwidth
(µm)
Resolution
(m)
Swath width
(km)
Revisit time
(days)
Band 1-12 (1A1-2B1) (TIR)
3.5 to 15.4
500 (5000)
5.3 (8.5)