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Appendix A: Examples of Scientific Accomplishments and Relevant Satellite Missions
Pages 121-122

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... GMS Aura • Observing stratospheric ozone (5) • Observing trace gases in the stratosphere, ozone chemistry (5)
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... • Depiction of tropical tape recorder (5) NOTE: ERS = European Remote Sensing Satellite; GOME = Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment; GPS = Global Positioning System; GRACE = Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment; ICESat = Ice, Cloud, and Land Elevation Satellite; NOAA = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; SRTM = Shuttle Radar Topography Mission; TIROS = Television InfraRed Observation Satellite; TOPEX = Topography Experiment; TRMM = Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission.
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Key Terms

  • stratospheric ozone
  • observing trace
  • observing stratospheric
  • sea surface
  • global distribution

  • cloud properties
  • stratospheric trace
  • height variability
  • mapping global
  • primary productivity

  • measuring mission
  • ozone chemistry
  • carbon monoxide
  • tropospheric chemistry
  • monitoring experiment

  • atmospheric temperature
  • tropospheric trace
  • sensing satellite
  • ozone column
  • tropospheric ozone

  • moisture soundings
  • ozone precursor
  • westward propagating
  • surface temperature
  • global sea

  • global total
  • declining arctic
  • measurements reveal
  • arctic summer
  • european remote


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