AVDC page 4 CEOS WGCV-28/WGISS-25 SanYa, China, February 29, 2008 4 AVDC mission The Aura Validation Data Center (AVDC) was established in 2004 to support the platform-wide validation activities (airborne missions, ground-based, balloons, other satellites) of the four Aura instruments (HIRDLS, MLS, OMI, TES) AVDC supports the Aura instrument teams, NRA PIs (Aura and other), NASA campaigns, ESA PIs, NDACC PIs, and independent validation contributors, in the validation and improvement of Aura data products
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