CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY
- OMPS-L
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Full Name
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Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite Limb Profiler
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Status
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Operational
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Instrument Agencies
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NASA , NOAA
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Maturity
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Instrument Type
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Atmospheric chemistry 
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Geometry
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Limb-scanning
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Instrument Technology
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Limb-scanning SW spectrometer
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Sampling
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Sounding
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Data Access
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Open Access
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Data Format
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HDF-5
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Measurements and Applications
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Measures high resolution vertical distribution of ozone and aerosols.
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Resolution Summary
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1 km vertical
[Best Resolution: 1200m]
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Swath Summary
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3 vertical slits along track +/- 250 km
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Accuracy Summary
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Relative accuracy: the larger of 10% or 20 ppb in ozone from tropopause to 60 km, 20% aerosol extinction from tropopause to 35 km.
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Waveband Summary
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280 - 1020 nm
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| UV (~0.01 µm - ~0.40 µm) |
| VIS (~0.40 µm - ~0.75 µm) |
| NIR (~0.75 µm - ~1.3 µm) |
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Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
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Instrument Missions
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