modeling of environmental impacts. Water vapor and carbon dioxide are greenhouse gases and their growth in the upper atmosphere must be factored into climate models. Additionally, upper atmosphere water vapor contributes to ozone depletion. Instrument teams United States University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska University of California, Berkeley, California Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, Colorado The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Maryland Air Force Research Laboratory, Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts Stewart Radiance Laboratory, Bedford, Massachusetts University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas Utah State University, Logan, Utah Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia Computational Physics, Inc., Fairfax, Virginia Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C. NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia G&A Technical Software Inc., Hampton, Virginia International Hovemere Limited, Kent, England, United Kingdom British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, England, United Kingdom CREES-York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Astrophysical Institute of Andalucia (IAA), Granada, Spain Rostock University, Rostock, Germany See also Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite, 1991-2005 References Further reading External links TIMED mission page at JHU/APL TIMED mission page at NASA GSFC Solar EUV Experiment (SEE) page at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics Earth observation satellites of the United States NASA satellites University of Colorado Boulder Ionosphere Spacecraft launched in 2001 Spacecraft launched by Delta II rockets