Aqua carries six state-of-the-art instruments in a near-polar low-Earth orbit. The six instruments are the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS), the Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit (AMSU-A), the Humidity Sounder for Brazil (HSB), the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for EOS (AMSR-E), the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), and Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES). Each has unique characteristics and capabilities, and all six serve together to form a powerful package for Earth observations.
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- NASA - Aqua Includes mission news, fact sheets, press kits, and featured multimedia.
- Earth Observatory Library: Aqua Offers an overview of the program, discussion of science results, and instrument details.
- Wikipedia - Aqua (satellite) Includes an overview of the program and summary of specifications.
- AIRS - DAAC Offers data and images from the AIRS/AMSU/HSB suite of instruments which constitute an atmospheric sounding system of infrared, microwave and visible sensors.