Subject: Space-based Temperature Measurements
From: "John M. Horack"
Date: 10 Dec 1996 14:09:11 GMT
Space-based measurements of the temperature of the Earth's lower
stratosphere - a layer of the atmosphere from about 14 km to 22 km
(approx 9 to 14 miles) - indicate that September 1996 was the coldest
month on record since measurements of this type were begun in 1979.
Dr. Roy Spencer (NASA) and Dr. John Christy (University of Alabama at
Huntsville), scientists from the Global Hydrology and Climate Center, a
cooperative laboratory involving NASA, the Alabama Space Science and
Technology Alliance, and private industry, obtain temperature
measurements of layers within the entire atmosphere of the Earth from
space, using microwave sensors aboard the TIROS-N series of
polar-orbiting weather satellites.
More detailed information on the latest data from the Microwave Sounding
Units can be found at
http://www.ssl.msfc.nasa.gov/newhome/headlines/essd08dec96_1.htm
and related pages.
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Dr. John M. Horack NASA/MSFC Space Sciences Laboratory
john.horack@msfc.nasa.gov Office of the Director - ES-01
205-544-1872 Huntsville, Alabama USA
205-544-5800 (fax) 35812
