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Item
Retrieval / Product
Measurement / description
Altitude Range (km)
1
temperature
Ch. 4 difference & ch. 7 difference
(simultaneous with CO2 VMR, item 5)
50 - 100
2
temperature
Ch. 4 difference
25 - 100
3
temperature
705 nm refraction angle determined from sun sensor data
1 - 50
4
temperature merged
merged profile
1 - 100
5
CO2 VMR
Ch. 4 difference & ch. 7 difference
(simultaneous with temperature, item 1)
50 - 100
6
CO2 VMR
Ch. 7 difference
20 - 100
7
CO2 VMR
Ch. 4 difference
15 - 100
8
CO2 VMR, merged
merged profile
15 - 100
9
water vapor VMR
Ch. 3 difference
50 - 110
10
water vapor VMR Ch. 3, band 6 (strong band)
15 - 80
11
water vapor VMR, merged
merged profile
15 - 110
12
methane VMR
Ch. 6 difference
40 - 95
13
methane VMR Ch. 6, band 11 (strong band)
15 - 60
14
methane VMR, merged
merged profile
15 - 95
15
nitric oxide VMR
Ch. 8 difference
80 - 120
16
ozone VMR
Ch. 1 difference 60 - 100
17
ozone VMR
Ch. 1, band 1 (strong band) 50 - 95
18
ozone VMR Ch. 1, band 2 (weak band) 15 - 60
19
ozone VMR merged
merged profile
15 - 100
20
particle extinction, 0.328 micron Ch. 1, band 2 15 - 90
21
particle extinction, 0.862 micron Ch. 2, band 3
15 - 90
22
particle extinction, 1.03 micron Ch. 2, band 4
15 - 90
23
particle extinction, 
0.862-1.03 micron mean
Ch 2. difference
15 - 90
24
particle extinction, 2.45 micron Ch. 3, band 5 15 - 90
25
particle extinction, 2.94 micron Ch. 4, band 8
15 - 90
26
particle extinction,  3.06 micron Ch. 5, band 9
15 - 90
27
particle extinction, 3.19 micron Ch. 5, band 10
15 - 90
28
particle extinction, 
3.06 - 3.19 micron mean
Ch. 5 difference
15 - 90
29
particle extinction, 3.51 micron Ch. 6, band 12 15 - 90
30
particle extinction, 4.63 micron Ch. 7, band 14
15 - 90
31
particle extinction, 4.98 micron Ch. 8, band 15
15 - 90

VMR = volume mixing ratio
extinction will be in units of 1/km