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Atmos logo The ATMOS instrument and investigation is funded from the NASA Earth Science Enterprise. It is designed to study the composition of the atmosphere from space, carried on board the Space Shuttle.

This home page has links to pages describing why studies of the Earth's upper atmosphere (stratosphere) are important and how instruments carried into space have provided information for these studies.

Why Study the Atmosphere

Please direct questions about the scientific content of this page to the ATMOS Principal Investigator:

Dr. Michael R. Gunson
[e-mail] [bio]
M.S. 183-601
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
4800 Oak Grove Dr.
Pasadena, CA 91109
Comments, bug reports, and assorted processing issues:

Dr. Fredrick (Bill) Irion [e-mail] [bio]
M.S. 183-601
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
4800 Oak Grove Dr.
Pasadena, CA 91109


Bill Irion, James T. Szeto, Gerry J Walsh, Odell F. Raper, Leslie L. Lowes,
Gindi Lynch, and Sharon Okonek helped set up this page.
Last updated:
Feb 16, 2006