Aura Validation Experiment (Polar) (PAVE)

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The Polar Aura Validation Experiment (PAVE) is a NASA international science mission to acquire critical high quality measurements of the polar region in support of the recently launched Aura satellite. PAVE is the third of a series of Aura Validation missions designed to provide correlative measurements to help understand the transport of gases and aerosols in the troposphere and their exchange with the lower stratosphere.

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