EOS Aura Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES) Data Products

The Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES) is one of four instruments on board the NASA Earth Observing System (EOS) Aura satellite which was launched in July, 2004. The objective of the EOS Aura Mission is to study the chemistry and dynamics of the Earth's atmosphere from the ground through the mesosphere (see http://aura.gsfc.nasa.gov).

The TES experiment will provide long-term, vertically resolved global measurements of tropospheric ozone and its key precursors. In the Global Survey mode, TES Standard Products include profiles of temperature, ozone, water vapor, CO, and CH4 in the troposphere and stratosphere, NO, NO2, and HNO3 in the mid-upper troposphere and stratosphere, and the surface temperature and the spectral dependent surface emissivity in the infrared region. The global measurements of these profiles are essential in studying tropospheric ozone chemistry and the issues related to climate change, air pollution and greenhouse effects. TES data are of very valuable to the atmospheric research and other research and educational communities.

This poster will provide details of the format and content of the TES standard data products and how to order them.