---
aliases:
  - context: instrumentID
    lexicon: ceos
    term: 391
    url: http://database.eohandbook.com/database/instrumentsummary.aspx?instrumentID=391
  - context: Instrument
    lexicon: ceos
    term: WINDII
    url: http://database.eohandbook.com/database/instrumentindex.aspx#W
cited_by: []
contributors:
  - display_name: "Contributor : Centre National D'études Spatiales  "
    href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/contributor/3715.yaml
    id: 3715
    organization:
      country_code: FR
      display_name: "Centre National D'études Spatiales "
      identifier: centre-national-d-etudes-spatiales
      name: "Centre National D'études Spatiales "
      organization_type_identifier: national
      type: organization
      url: http://www.cnes.fr
    organization_uri: /organization/centre-national-d-etudes-spatiales
    person: {}
    person_id: ~
    person_uri: ~
    role_type_identifier: contributor
    uri: /contributor/3715
  - display_name: 'Contributor : National Aeronautics and Space Administration '
    href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/contributor/3713.yaml
    id: 3713
    organization:
      country_code: US
      display_name: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
      identifier: national-aeronautics-space-administration
      name: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
      organization_type_identifier: federal
      type: organization
      url: http://www.nasa.gov
    organization_uri: /organization/national-aeronautics-space-administration
    person: {}
    person_id: ~
    person_uri: ~
    role_type_identifier: contributor
    uri: /contributor/3713
description: Limb-scanning SW spectrometer
description_attribution: ~
display_name: windii
files: []
href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/instrument/windii.yaml
identifier: windii
name: WINDII
parents: []
platforms:
  - description: "UARS is the first NASA mission in the ESE (Earth Science Enterprise) program, formerly known as `Mission to Planet Earth'. UARS is also the first mission dedicated to the study the physical and chemical processes taking place in Earth's upper atmosphere. As such, it represents the first stage of a long-term, international program of space research into global atmospheric change."
    description_attribution: "UARS is the first NASA mission in the ESE (Earth Science Enterprise) program, formerly known as `Mission to Planet Earth'. UARS is also the first mission dedicated to the study the physical and chemical processes taking place in Earth's upper atmosphere. As such, it represents the first stage of a long-term, international program of space research into global atmospheric change."
    identifier: upper-atmosphere-research-satellite
    name: Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite
    uri: /platform/upper-atmosphere-research-satellite
references: []
type: instrument
uri: /instrument/windii