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Science Reference Handbook
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TES measures tropospheric ozone and many other
gases important to tropospheric pollution. The presence
of clouds in the atmosphere makes obtaining satellite
tropospheric chemical observations more difficult, but the
ability to make observations in the nadir and across the
limb circumvents this problem. This observation capabil-
ity provides measurements of the entire lower atmosphere,
from the surface to the stratosphere.
TES Contributions to Science Questions
Is the Stratospheric Ozone Layer Recovering?
TES limb measurements extend from Earth’s surface
to the middle stratosphere, and the TES spectral range
overlaps the spectral range of HIRDLS. As a result, TES’s
high–resolution spectra allow scientists to make measure-
ments of some additional stratospheric constituents and
also improve HIRDLS measurements of species common
to both instruments.
What are the Processes Controlling Air Quality?
This is TES’s primary focus. It measures the distribution
of gases in the troposphere. TES can provide simultane-
ous measurements of tropospheric ozone and key gases
involved in tropospheric ozone chemistry, such as CH
4
,
HNO
3
and CO. This information will serve as input for
regional ozone–pollution models and will help to improve
the accuracy and utility of these models.
How is Earth’s Climate Changing?
TES measures tropospheric water vapor, methane, ozone
and aerosols, all of which are relevant to climate change.
In addition to this, other gases important to climate change
can be retrieved from the TES spectra.
TES Principal Investigator
Reinhard Beer, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory/Califor-
nia Institute of Technology
TES URL
tes.jpl.nasa.gov/
Aura
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