Photon/Optical Detectors
APS GLORY
[Source: APS GLORY home page, http://glory.gsfc.nasa.gov/overview-aps.html ] AEROSOL Polarimetry SENSOR (APS) Aerosols include, but are not limited to, smoke, dust, volcanic ash, sea spray, polar stratospheric clouds, and smog. APS Instrument Illustration Although cloud particles can be considered as a particular type of aerosol, it is conventional to put them in a separate category. Liquid water clouds are defined as distinct optically thick particulate features composed of droplets. Cirrus clouds are defined as visible, or sub-visible particulate layers (either natural, or man-made, such as contrails), which reside in the upper troposphere/lower stratosphere and are composed of water ice crystals with sizes ranging from several micrometers to a millimeter. Group: Instrument_Details Entry_ID: APS GLORY Group: Instrument_Identification Instrument_Category: Earth Remote Sensing Instruments Instrument_Class: Passive Remote Sensing Instrument_Type: Photon/Optical Detectors Short_Name: APS GLORY Long_Name: AEROSOL Polarimetry SENSOR End_Group Group: Associated_Platforms Short_Name: GLORY End_Group Online_Resource: http://glory.gsfc.nasa.gov/overview-aps.html Sample_Image: http://glory.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/inst-aps.jpg Creation_Date: 2009-01-21 Group: Instrument_Logistics Instrument_Owner: USA/NASA End_Group End_Group