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NASA NTRS · 20040081280

The EOS Aura Mission

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The Earth Observing System (EOS) Aura satellite is scheduled to launch in the second quarter of 2004. The Aura mission is designed to attack three science questions: (1) Is the ozone layer recovering as expected? (2) What are the sources and processes that control tropospheric pollutants? (3) What is the quantitative impact of constituents on climate change? Aura will answer these questions by globally measuring a comprehensive set of trace gases and aerosols at high vertical and horizontal resolution. Fig. 1 shows the Aura spacecraft and its four instruments.

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Schoebert, Mark R., Douglass, A. R., Hilsenrath, E., Bhartia, P. K., Barnett, J., Gille, J., Beer, R., Gunson, M., Waters, J., Levelt, P. F.. 2004-01-01. The EOS Aura Mission. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20040081280

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