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.