TES-FPOMA
Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer-Focal Plane Opto-Mechanical Assembly
Under contract to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), SDL designed, fabricated,
and tested the re-imaging optics and focal plane mechanical support/cyrogenic
isolation FPOMA
for TES, a high-resolution infrared imaging Fourier transform
spectrometer.
TES, part of NASA's Earth Observing System (EOS) Aura mission
to study the Earth's ozone, air quality and climate, will measure the state
of the Earth's lower atmosphere in order to further our understanding of long-term
trends. TES is specifically designed to research the troposphere, the region
of the atmosphere (from the ground to about 10km) that most affects our daily
lives. The Aura satellite launched successfully 15 July 2004 and will perform measurements
for five or more years.
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