2e4c98d91a9237c128c0acbf3e11ce7f English 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646 series series NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) +44(0)1235 446432 British Atmospheric Data Centre STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Oxford OX11 0QX UK badc@rl.ac.uk pointOfContact 2026-05-06T02:29:28 UK GEMINI 2.3 WGS 84 Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) Vertical profiles of Atmospheric Components from the Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS L3) Instrument and NERC Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) Prototype Water Vapour Data 2006-12-10T02:16:35 publication 2006-12-10T02:16:35 creation https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/2e4c98d91a9237c128c0acbf3e11ce7f 2e4c98d91a9237c128c0acbf3e11ce7f NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) The Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) is a satellite-borne instrument making limb sounding measurements of atmospheric composition at microwave frequencies. It was built by an instrument team based at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and launched on the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) on the 12th September 1991. It began collecting data on 19th September 1991. The PI was Joe Waters. The instrument measures thermal emission from the Earth's limb, from which vertical profiles of chlorine monoxide (ClO), ozone (O3), water vapour (H2O) sulphur dioxide (SO2) and atmospheric temperature are derived. HNO3 profiles are also available for some periods in the Version 4 data. The data coverage extends from 80°S to 80°N, but at any one time this is restricted to 34°S to 80°N or 34°N to 80°S. In the vertical, measurements are made between approximately 10 and 60 km, from October 1991 to June 1997. Also available as part of this archive are the prototype water vapour profiles from the Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) data, retrieved at the University of Edinburgh (NERC funded project). Data generally cover wider altitude range than "official" MLS version 4 retrievals and are available at a higher vertical resolution. Coverage is from September 1991 to April 1993. NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA JPL) author USA unknown author National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) author USA unknown author Waters, J. Unavailable author Unavailable author Harwood, R. Unavailable author Unavailable author Pumphrey, Hugh Unavailable author Unavailable author NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) custodian +44(0)1235 446432 British Atmospheric Data Centre STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Oxford OX11 0QX UK badc@rl.ac.uk custodian NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) distributor +44(0)1235 446432 British Atmospheric Data Centre STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Oxford OX11 0QX UK badc@rl.ac.uk distributor NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) point_of_contact +44(0)1235 446432 British Atmospheric Data Centre STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Oxford OX11 0QX UK badc@rl.ac.uk pointofContact NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) publisher +44(0)1235 446432 British Atmospheric Data Centre STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Oxford OX11 0QX UK badc@rl.ac.uk publisher unknown series Chemistry UARS MLS L3 atmospheric conditions theme GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication otherRestrictions Please contact the data centre for assistance on accessing data from this dataset collection. otherRestrictions Under the following licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, appropriate use of these data may fall under any use. This message is intended as guidance, always read the full licence. When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record. grid English climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere -180.0 180.0 -90.0 90.0 1991-09-18T23:00:00 1997-06-29T23:00:00 Contact data centre for format details. NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) Data Center Contact +44(0)1235 446432 British Atmospheric Data Centre STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Oxford OX11 0QX UK badc@rl.ac.uk distributor https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/2e4c98d91a9237c128c0acbf3e11ce7f CEDA Data Catalogue Page Detail and access information for the resource information http://mls.jpl.nasa.gov/ MLS at JPL Homesite No further details. information https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/badc_datadocs/mls/references.html BADC Doc: MLS List of References No further details. information https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/badc_datadocs/mls/documents.html BADC Doc: Indexed MLS documentation No further details. information series Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 Please see data lineage statements for each dataset within this collection for data lineage details.