Table A8. NOAA and NASA Satellites and Their Measurement Capabilities Satellite Platform: Web Site Relevant Instruments Relevant Data Products Vertical Resolution NASA Aura: INTER-REF locator="http://aura.gsfc.nasa.gov" locator-type="URL">http://aura.gsfc.nasa.gov/INTER-REF HIRDLS MLS TESa OMIb O3, HNO3, and aerosol extinction 1.25 km (UT/LS profiles) O3, CO, ClO, BrO, HCl, OH, HO2, HNO3, HCN, and N2O 1.5-3 km (UT/LS profiles) O3, CO, CH4 6 km (tropospheric profiles) O3, NO2, SO2, HCHO, BrO, OClO, and aerosol characteristics column NASA Aqua: INTER-REF locator="http://aqua.nasa.gov" locator-type="URL">http://aqua.nasa.gov/INTER-REF MODISb AIRSa CERES aerosol optical depth, fine mode fraction, fire detection column, surface O3, CO, T, Q 6 km (UT/LS Profiles) solar, terrestrial, and total TOA radiation and fluxes TOA, Surface NASA Terra: INTER-REF locator="http://terra.nasa.gov" locator-type="URL">http://terra.nasa.gov/INTER-REF MOPITT MISR MODISb CO 6 km (tropospheric profiles) aerosol optical depth, composition, size column aerosol optical depth, fine mode fraction, fire detection column, surface NASA CALIPSO: INTER-REF locator="http://www-calipso.larc.nasa.gov/" locator-type="URL">http://www-calipso.larc.nasa.gov//INTER-REF CALIOPa aerosol backscatter ratio, extinction, height 120 m (Z < 20 km) 360 m (Z > 20 km) NOAA GOES-12: INTER-REF locator="http://www.oso.noaa.gov/goes/" locator-type="URL">http://www.oso.noaa.gov/goes//INTER-REF Geostationary Imager Visible imagery column GOES Aerosol/Smoke Product (GASP) Aerosol optical depth column Wildfire Automated Biomass Burning Algorithm (WF-ABBA) surface NOAA POES: INTER-REF locator="http://www.oso.noaa.gov/poes/" locator-type="URL">http://www.oso.noaa.gov/poes//INTER-REF AVHRR TOVS SBUV/2 aerosol optical depth column (ocean only) land cover surface atmospheric temp 15 layers (sfc-0.4 mbar) precipitable water 3 trop layers clouds column precipitation, soil moisture surface O3 12 layers (sfc-1 mbar) aAvailable in near-real-time for post flight analysis. bAvailable in real-time for chemical/aerosol data assimilation studies.