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Satellite measurement technique
The
microwave limb sounder
(
MLS
) experiments measure (naturally occurring)
microwave
thermal emission from the limb (edge) of Earth's upper atmosphere. The data is used to create vertical profiles of atmospheric gases, temperature, pressure, and cloud ice.
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