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
ESA Earth Online - Aura

Data ordering

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)
ESA Earth Online - AURA OMI data

On Board Sensors

HIRDLS (High Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder)
MLS (Microwave Limb Sounder)
OMI (Ozone Monitoring Instrument)
TES (Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer)