BADC Doc: MLS List of References
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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. 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.

Useful References

Published or in press

As of December 1994...
- F.T. Barath, M.C. Chavez, R.E. Cofield, D.A. Flower, M.A. Frerking, M.B. Gram, W.M. Harris, J.R. Holden, R.F. Jarnot, W.G. Kloezeman, G.J. Klose, G.K. Lau, M.S. Loo, B.J. Maddison, R.J. Mattauch, R.P. McKinney, G.E. Peckham, H.M. Pickett, G. Siebes, F.S. Soltis, R.A. Suttie, J.A. Tarsala, J.W. Waters, and W.J. Wilson, "The Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite Microwave Limb Sounder Instrument," J. Geophys. Res., vol. 98, pp. 10,751-10,762, 1993.
- W. Bell, N.A. Martin, T.D. Gardiner, N.R. Swann, P.T. Woods, P.F. Fogal, and J.W. Waters, "Column measurements of stratospheric trace species over Are, Sweden in the winter of 1991-92," Geophys. Res. Lett., vol. 21, pp. 1347-1350, 1994.
- P.O. Canziani, J.R. Holton, E.F. Fishbein, L. Froidevaux, and J.W. Waters, "Equatorial Kelvin Waves: A UARS MLS View," Journal of Atmos Sci. (special issue on UARS early scientific results), vol. 51, pp. 3053-3076, 1994.
- M. Chipperfield, "Satellite maps ozone destroyer," Nature, vol. 362, pp. 592-593, 1993.
- A. Douglass, R. Rood, J. Waters, L. Froidevaux, W. Read, L. Elson, M. Geller, Y. Chi, M. Cerniglia, and S. Steenrod, "A 3D simulation of the early winter distribution of reactive chlorine in the north polar vortex," Geophys. Res. Lett., vol. 20, pp. 1271-1274, 1993.
- L.S. Elson and L. Froidevaux, "The use of Fourier transforms for asynoptic mapping: early results from the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite Microwave Limb Sounder," J. Geophys. Res., vol. 98, pp. 23,039-23,049, 1993.
- L.S. Elson, G.L. Manney, L. Froidevaux, and J.W. Waters, "Large-scale variations in ozone from the first two years of UARS MLS data," Journal of Atmos Sci. (special issue on UARS early scientific results), vol. 51, pp. 2867-2876, 1994.
- E.F. Fishbein, L.S. Elson, L. Froidevaux, G.L. Manney, W.G. Read, J.W. Waters, and R.W. Zurek, "MLS observations of stratospheric waves in temperature and 03 during the 1992 southern winter," Geophys. Res. Lett., vol. 20, pp. 1255-1258, 1993.
- L. Froidevaux, J.W. Waters, W.G. Read, L.S.E.W.G. Read, D.A. Flower, and R.F. Jarnot, "Global ozone observations from UARS MLS: an overview of zonal mean results," Journal of Atmos Sci. (special issue on UARS early scientific results), vol. 51, pp. 2846-2866, 1994.
- M.A. Geller, Y. Chi, R.B. Rood, A.R. Douglass, D. J. Allen, M. Cerniglia, and J.W. Waters, "3-D transport-chemistry studies of the stratosphere using satellite data together with data assimilation," in The Role of the Stratosphere in Global Change, (M.-L. Chanin, ed.), Berlin: Springler-Verlag (NATO ASI Series, Vol. 18), 1993.
- R.S. Harwood, E.S. Carr, L. Froidevaux, R.F. Jarnot, W.A. Lahoz, C.L. Lau, G.E. Peckham, W.G. Read, P.D. Ricaud, R.A. Suttie, and J.W. Waters, "Springtime stratospheric water vapour in the southern hemisphere as measured by MLS," Geophys. Res. Lett., vol. 20, pp. 1235-1238, 1993.
- W.A. Lahoz, "The 183 GHz water and ozone channels on the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite Microwave Limb Sounder," Int. J. Remote Sensing, vol. 12, pp. 33-53, 1991.
- W.A. Lahoz, E.S. Carr, L. Froidevaux, R.S. Harwood, J.B. Kumer, J.L. Mergenthaler, G.E. Peckham, W.G. Read, P.D. Ricaud, A.E. Roche, and J.W. Waters, "Northern hemisphere mid-stratosphere vortex processes diagnosed from H20, N20 and potential vorticity," Geophys. Res. Lett., no. 20, pp. 2671-2674, 1993.
- W.A. Lahoz, A. O'Neill, E.S. Carr, R.S. Harwood, L. Froidevaux, W.G. Read, J.W. Waters, J.B. Kumer, J.L. Mergenthaler, A.E. Roche, G.E. Peckham, and R. Swinbank, "Three-dimensional evolution of water vapour distributions in the northern hemisphere as observed by MLS," Journal of Atmos Sci. (special issue on UARS early scientific results), vol. 51, pp. 2914-2930, 1994.
- G.L. Manney, L. Froidevaux, J.W. Waters, L.S. Elson, E.F. Fishbein, R.W. Zurek, R.S. Harwood, and W.A. Lahoz, "The evolution of ozone observed by UARS MLS in the 1992 late winter southern polax vortex," Geophys. Res. Lett., vol. 20, pp. 1279-1282, 1993.
- G.L. Manney, L. Froidevaux, J.W. Waters, R.W. Zurek, W.G. Read, L.S. Elson, J.B. Kumer, J. L. Mergenthaler, A.E. Roche, A. O'Neill, R.S. Harwood, I. MacKenzie, and R. Swinbank, "Chemical depletion of ozone in the Arctic lower stratosphere during winter 1992-93," Nature, vol. 370, pp. 429-434, 1994.
- G.L. Manney, L. Froidevaux,J.W. Waters, and R.W. Zurek, "Evolution of MLS ozone and the polar vortex during winter," J. Geophys. Res., in press 1994.
- S. Massie, P.B. Bailey, J.C. Gille, E.C. Lee, J. L. Mergenthaler, A.E. Roche, 3. B. Kumer, E.F. Fishbein, J.W. Waters, and W.A. Lahoz, "Spectral signatures of polar stratospheric clouds and sulfate aerosol," Journal of Atmos Sci. (special issue on UARS early scientific results), vol. 51, pp. 3027-3044, 1994.
- G.A. Morris, M.R. Schoeberl, L. Sparling, P.A. Newman, L.R. Lait, L.S. Elson, J.W. Waters, A.E. Roche, J.B. Kumer, and J.M. Russell, "Trajectory mapping of Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) data," J. Geophys. Res., in press 1994.
- J.J. Oh and E.A. Cohen, "Pressure broadening of ozone lines near 184 and 206 GHz by nitrogen and oxygen," J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, vol. 48, pp. 405-408, 1992.
- J.J. Oh and E.A. Cohen, "Pressure broadening of ClO by N2 and 02 near 204 and 649 GHz and new frequency measurements between 632 and 725 GHz," J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, vol. 54, pp. 151-156, 1994.
- K. Patten, D.E. Kinnison, D.J. Wuebbles, T.E. Slanger, and L. Froidevaux, "Effect of vibrationally excited oxygen on ozone production in the stratosphere," J. Geophys. Res., vol. 99, pp. 1211-1224, 1994.
- H.M. Pickett, D.E. Brinza, and E.A. Cohen, "Pressure broadening of ClO by nitrogen," J. Geophys. Res., vol. 86, pp. 7279-7282, 1981.
- H.M. Pickett, R.L. Poynter, and E.A. Cohen, "Submillimeter, millimeter and microwave spectral line catalog," Tech. Rep. 80-23, Revision 3, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1992.
- R.L. Poynter and H.M. Pickett, "Submillimeter, millimeter and microwave spectral line catalog," Appl. Opt., vol. 24, pp. 2235-2240, 1985.
- W.J. Randel, J.C. Gille, A.E. Roche, J.B. Kumer, J.L. Mergenthaler, J.W. Waters, E.F. Fishbein, and W.A. Lahoz, "Stratospheric transport from the tropics to middle latitudes by planetary-wave mixing," Nature, vol. 365, pp. 533-535, 1993.
- E. Ray, J.R. Holton, E.F. Fishbein, L. Froidevaux, and J.W. Waters, "The tropical semiannual oscillation in temperature and ozone observed by the MLS," Journal of Atmos Sci. (special issue on UARS early scientific results), vol. 51, pp. 3045-3052, 1994.
- Read, W.G., L. Froidevaux, J.W. Waters, Microwave Limb Sounder measurement of stratospheric SO2 from the Mt. Pinatubo volcano. Geophys. Res. Lett., 20, No. 12, 1299-1302, June 18, 1993
- G. Redaelli, L. Lait, M. Schoeberl, P.A. Newman, G. Visconti, A. D'Altorio, F. Masci, V. Rizi, L. Froidevaux, J. Waters, and J. Miller, "UARS MLS 03 soundings compared with lidar measurements using the conservative coordinates reconstruction technique," Geophys. Res. Lett., vol. 21, pp. 1535-1538, 1994.
- M.L. Santee, W.G. Read, J.W. Waters, L. Froidevaux, G.L. Manney, D.A. Flower, R.F. Jarnot, R.S. Harwood, and G.E. Peckham, "Interhemispheric differences in polar stratospheric HNO3, H2O, ClO and 03," Science, in press 1994.
- M.R. Schoeberl, R.S. Stolarski, A.R. Douglass, P.A. Newman, L.R. Lait, J.W. Waters, L. Froidevaux, and W.G. Read, "MLS ClO observations and arctic polar vortex temperatures," Geophys. Res. Lett., vol. 20, pp. 2861-2864, 1993.
- Z. Shippony and W.G. Read, "A very accurate algorithm for the Voigt profile," J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, vol. 50, no. 6, pp-635-646, 1993.
- R.A. Stachnik, J.C. Hardy, J.A. Tarsala, J.W. Waters, and N.R. Erickson, "Submillimeterwave heterodyne measurements of stratospheric ClO, HCl, 03, and HO2: First Results," Geophys. Res. .Lett., vol. 19, pp. 1931-1934, 1992.
- J.W. Waters, J.J. Gustincic, R.K. Kakar, H.K. Roscoe, P.N. Swanson, T.G. Phillips, T. DeGraauw, A.R. Kerr, and R.J. Mattauch, "Aircraft search for millimeter wavelength emission by stratospheric ClO," J. Geophys. Res., vol. 84, p. 6934, 1979.
- J.W. Waters, J.J. Gustincic, P.N. Swanson, and A.R. Kerr, "Measurements of upper atmospheric H2O emission at 183 GHz," in Atmospheric Water Vapor, (Wilkerson and Ruhnke, eds.), pp. 229-240, New York: Academic Press, 1980.
- J.W. Waters, J.C. Hardy, R.F. Jarnot, and H.M. Pickett, "Chlorine monoxide radical, ozone, and hydrogen peroxide: Stratospheric measurements by microwave limb sounding," Science, vol. 214, pp. 61-64, 1981.
- J.W. Waters, J.C. Hardy, R.F. Jarnot, H.M. Pickett, and P. Zimmermann, "A balloon-borne microwave limb sounder for stratospheric measurements," J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radial. Transfer, vol. 32, pp. 407-433, 1984.
- J.W. Waters, R.A. Stachnik, J.C. Hardy, and R.F. Jarnot, "ClO and 03 stratospheric profiles: balloon microwave measurements," Geophys. Res. Lett., vol. 15, pp. 780-783, 1988.
- J.W. Waters, "Microwave limb-sounding of Earth's upper atmosphere," Atmospheric Research, vol. 23, pp. 391-410, 1989.
- J.W. Waters, "Submillimeter heterodyne remote sensing of upper atmospheric gases," Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, vol. 4, pp. 2-6, 1991.
- J.W. Waters, "Submillimeter heterodyne spectroscopy and remote sensing of the upper atmosphere," IEEE Proceedings, vol. 80, pp. 1679-1701, 1992.
- J.W. Waters, "Submillimeter Heterodyne Spectroscopy and Remote Sensing of the Upper Atmosphere," in The use of EOS for Studies of Atmospheric Physics, (J. C. Gille and G. Visconti, eds.), ch., pp. 491-579, Amsterdam: North Holland Elsevier, 1992.
- J.W. Waters, "Microwave Limb Sounding," in Atmospheric Remote Sensing by Microwave Radiometry, (M. A. Janssen, ed.), oh. 8, New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1993.
- J.W. Waters, L. Froidevaux, W.G. Read, G.L. Manney, L.S. Elson, D.A. Flower, R.F. Jarnot, and R.S. Harwood, "Stratospheric ClO and ozone from the Microwave Limb Sounder on the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite," Nature, vol. 362, pp. 597-602, 1993.
- J.W. Waters, L. Froidevaux, G.L. Manney, W.G. Read, and L.S. Elson, "Lower stratospheric ClO and 03 in the 1992 southern hemisphere winter," Geophys. Res. Lett., vol. 20, pp. 1219-1222, 1993.
- J.W. Waters, "The chlorine threat to stratospheric ozone," Engineering & Science (Caltech Alumni Association Publication), vol. LVI, pp. 2-13, 1993.
- J.W. Waters, G.L. Manney, W.G. Read, L. Froidevaux, D.A. Flower, and R.F. Jarnot, "UARS MLS observations of lower stratospheric ClO in the 1992-93 and 1993-94 arctic winter vortex," Geophys. Res. Lett., in press 1994.
- Waters, J.W., L. Froidevaux, G.L. Manney, W.G. Read, L.S. Elson, MLS observations of lower stratospheric ClO and O3 in the 1229 southern hemisphere winter. Geophys. Res. Lett., 20, No. 12, 1219-1222, June 18, 1993
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- E.S. Carr, R.S. Harwood, L. Froidevaux, R.F. Jarnot, W.A. Lahoz, P.W. Mote, A. O'Neill, G.E. Peckham, W.G. Read, R. Swinbank, R.A. Suttie, and J.W. Waters, "Tropical stratospheric water vapor measured by the Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS)," Geophys. Res. Lett., submitted 1994. MLS-RELATED PUBLICATIONS:
- S. Crewell, R. Fabian, K. Kunzi, H. Nett, T. Wehr, W. Read, and J. Waters, "Comparison of ClO measurements made by airborne and spaceborne microwave radiometers in the arctic winter stratosphere 1993," Geophys. Res. Lett., submitted 1994.
- D. Cunnold, H. Wang, W.P. Chu, and L. Froidevaux, "Comparisons between SAGE II and MLS ozone measurements and aliasing of SAGE II ozone trends in the lower stratosphere," J. Geophys. Res. (special issue on UARS data validation), submitted 1994.
- A.R. Douglass, M.R. Schoeberl, R.S. Stolaxski, J.W. Waters, J.M. Russell, and A.E. Roche, "Interhemispheric differences in springtime deactivation of vortex ClO," Geophys. Res. Lett., submitted 1994.
- R.S. Eckman, W.L. Grose, R.E. Turner, W.T. Blackshear, J.M. Russell, L. Froidevaux, J.W. Waters, J.B. Kumer, and A.E. Roche, "Stratospheric trace constituents simulated by a three-dimensional general circulation model: comparison with UARS data," Journal of Atmos Sci., submitted 1994.
- J. Eluszkiewicz, D. Crisp, R.W. Zurek, L.S. Elson, E.F. Fishbein, L. Froidevaux, J.W. Waters, R.S. Harwood, and G.E. Peckham, "Residual circulation in the stratosphere and lower mesosphere as diagnosed from Microwave Limb Sounder data," Journal of Atmos Sci., submitted 1994.
- T.D.A. Fairlie, W.L. Grose, R.B. Pierce, and J.W. Waters, "Trajectory analysis of enhanced ClO observed by MLS," Journal of Atmos Sci., submitted 1994.
- E.F. Fishbein, R.E. Cofield, L. Froidevaux, R.F. Jarnot, T.A. Lungu, W.G. Read, Z. Shippony, J.W. Waters, I.S. McDermid, T.J. McGee, U. Singh, M. Gross, A. Hauchecorne, and M.E. Gelman, "Validation of UARS MLS temperature/pressure measurements," J. Geophys. Res. (special issue on validation of UARS data), submitted 1994.
- L. Froidevaux, W.G. Read, T.A. Lungu, R.E. Cofield, E.F. Fishbein, D.A. Flower, R.F. Jarnot, B.P. Ridenoure, Z. Shippony, J.W. Waters, J.J. Margitan, I.S. McDermid, R.A. Stachnik, G.E. Peckham, G. Braathen, T. Deshler, J. Fishman, D.J. Holmann, and S.J. Oltmans, "Validation of UARS MLS ozone measurements," J. Geophys. Res. (special issue on validation of UARS data), submitted 1994.
- R.F. Jarnot, R.E. Cofield, D.A. Flower, J.W. Waters, and G.E. Peckham, "Calibration of the Microwave Limb Sounder on the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite," J. Geophys. Res. (special issue on validation of UARS data), submitted 1995.
- W.A. Lahoz, A. O'Neill, H. MacLean, R. Swinbank, R.S. Harwood, L. Froidevaux, W.G. Read, J.W. Waters, J.B. Kumer, J.L. Mergenthaler, A.E. Roche, and G.E. Peckham, "Three-dimensional evolution of water vapour distributions in the southern hemisphere as observed by the Microwave Limb Sounder," Q.J. Roy. Met. Soc., submitted 1994.
- W.A. Lahoz, M.R. Suttie, L. Froidevaux, R.S. Harwood, C.L. Lau, T.A. Lungu, G.E. Peckham, H.C. Pumphrey, W.G. Read, Z. Shippony, R.A. Suttie, and J.W. Waters, "Validation of UARS MLS 183 GHz H20 measurements," J. Geophys. Res. (special issue on validation of UARS data), submitted 1994.
- G.L. Manney, W.A. Lahoz, R.S. Harwood, R.W. Zurek, J.B. Kumer, J. Mergenthaler, A.E. Roche, A. O'Neill, R. Swinbank, and J.W. Waters, "Lagrangian transport calculations using UARS data. Part I.: passive tracers," Journal of Atmos Sci., submitted 1994.
- G.L. Manney, L. Froidevaux, R.W. Zurek, J.W. Waters, A. O'Neill, and R. Swinbank, "Lagrangian transport calculations: Part II. Ozone," Journal of Atmos Sci., submitted 1994.
- G.L. Manney, W.A. Lahoz, L.S. Elson, L. Froidevaux, R.S. Harwood, A. O'Neill, R. Swinbank, J.W. Waters, and R.W. Zurek, "Minor warmings during early winter in the northern and southern winters," Q.J. Roy. Met. Soc., submitted 1994.
- G.L. Manney, L. Froidevaux, J.W. Waters, R.W. Zurek, J.B. Kumer, J.L. Mergenthaler, A.E. Roche, A. O'Neill, and R. Swinbank, "Low ozone anomalies in the winter middle stratosphere," J. Geophys. Res., submitted 1994.
- P.W. Mote, K.H. Rosenlof, J.R. Holton, R.S. Harwood, and J.W. Waters, "Seasonal variation of water vapour in the tropical lower stratosphere," Geophys. Res. Leer., submitted 1994.
- R.E. Newell, Y. Zhu, E.V. Browell, S. Ismail, W.G. Read, J.W. Waters, K.K. Kelly, and S.C. Liu, "Upper tropospheric water vapor and cirrus: DC-8 Observations, UARS MLS Measurements and Meteorological Analyses Intercompared," J. Geophys. Res., submitted (special issue on PEM West-A) 1994.
- R.E. NewelI, Y. Zhu, E.V. Browell, W.G. Read, and J.W. Waters, "The Walker circulation and tropical upper tropospheric water vapor," J. Geophys. Res., submitted (special issue on PEM West-A) 1994.
- W.J. Randel, F. Wu, J.M. Russell III, J.W. Waters, and L. Froidevaux, "Ozone and temperature changes in the stratosphere following the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo," J. Geophys. Res., submitted 1994.
- W.G. Read, J.W. Waters, L. Froidevaux, D.A. Flower, R.F. Jarnot, D.L. Hartmann, R.S. Harwood, and R.B. Rood, "Upper tropospheric water vapor from UARS MLS," Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., submitted 1994.
- P.D. Ricaud, E.S. Carr, L. Froidevaux, R.S. Harwood, J.B. Kumer, W.A. Lahoz, J.L. Mergenthaler, G.E. Peckham, W.G. Read, A.E. Roche, and J.W. Waters, "Polar stratospheric clouds as deduced from MLS and CLAES measurements," Geophys. Res.Lett., submitted 1994.
- P. Ricaud, J. de La Noe, B.J. Conner, L. Froidevaux, J.W. Waters, R.S. Harwood, I.A. MacKenzie, and G.E. Peckham, "Diurnal variability of mesospheric ozone as measured by the UARS MLS Instrument: Theoretical and ground-based validations," J. Geophys. Res. (special issue on UARS data validation), submitted 1994.
- E.M. Stone, J.L. Stanford, J.R. Ziemke, D.R. Allen, F.W. Taylor, C.D. Rodgers, B.N. Lawrence, E.F. Fishbein, L.S. Elson, and J.W. Waters, "Space- time integrity of ISAMS and MLS temperature fields at Kelvin wave scales," J. Geophys. Res., submitted 1994.
- J.W. Waters, W.G. Read, T.A. Lungu, L. Froidevaux, V.S. Perun, R.A.S.R.F. Jarnot, R.E. Cofield, E.F. Fishbein, D.A. Flower, J.R. Burke, J.C. Hardy, L.L. Nakamura, B.P. Ridenoure, Z. Shippony, R.P. Thurstans, L.M. Avallone, D.W. Toohey, R.L. deZafra, and D.T. Shindell, "Validation of UARS MLS ClO measurements," J. Geophys. Res. (special issue on validation af UARS data), submitted 1994.