Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS)
NASA is building a new instrument, the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder
(AIRS), to make highly accurate measurements of air temperature,
humidity, clouds, and surface temperature. The data collected by AIRS
will be used by scientists around the world to better understand
weather and climate, and by the
National Weather Service and
NOAA to improve the accuracy of their
weather and climate models. AIRS will fly aboard the
AQUA spacecraft of the Earth
Observing System (EOS), scheduled
for launch early in the twenty-first century.
AIRS before shipment to TRW for integration to the
spacecraft.
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