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ESPRI is a data centre of the French Atmosphere Infrastructure AERIS
UARS satellite

WINDII: Wind Imaging Interferometer

Overview

      The WINDII instrument was launched on the UARS satellite from the Discovery space shuttle on 15 September 1991. WINDII is an imaging interferometer which studies wind and temperature, within an altitude range from 80 to 300 km, by observing air glow.

Product informations

      Two types of data provided:

      • level 2, last versions provided: V5.11 (temperature, meridional and zonal wind)
      • correlative data (temperature, meridional and zonal wind and geopotential), versions V1 et V2 from 1991-09-12 to 1993-12-31.

      Further information

       

Data available from Ether

Last update : 2017/12/20
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