Viewing the ISAMS and CLAES Instruments on UARS

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Key to understanding the chlorine chemistry in the polar stratosphere is the measurement of polar stratospheric clouds, chlorine monoxide, and the reservoir gas chlorine nitrate. Polar stratospheric clouds are seen by the Improved Stratospheric and Mesospheric Sounder, ISAMS, and chlorine nitrate has been measured by the Cryogen Limb Array Etalon Spectrometer, CLAES. Both ISAMS and CLAES make measurements by looking at infrared emission from cloud particles and trace gases.

Locating ISAMS and CLAES on UARS

Cryrogen Limb Array Etalon Spectrometer (CLAES) Instrument on UARS

Cryrogen Limb Array Etalon Spectrometer (CLAES) Instrument on UARS

Improved Stratospheric and Mesospheric Sounder (ISAMS) Instrument on UARS

Improved Stratospheric and Mesospheric Sounder (ISAMS) Instrument on UARS

Video slate image reads, "The Upper Atmosphere Research SatelliteUARS Instrument AnimationsViewing the Imrpoved Stratospheric and Mesospheric Sounders (ISAMS) and the Cryogen Limb Array Etalon Spectrometer (CLAES) on UARS".

Video slate image reads, "The Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite
UARS Instrument Animations
Viewing the Imrpoved Stratospheric and Mesospheric Sounders (ISAMS) and the Cryogen Limb Array Etalon Spectrometer (CLAES) on UARS".

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See http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/stories/UARS/instruments.html

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