Measurements and Applications
Measures high resolution vertical distribution of ozone and aerosols.
Full Name
Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite Limb Profiler
Status
Operational
Instrument Agencies
Maturity
Instrument Type
Atmospheric chemistry 
Geometry
Limb-scanning
Instrument Technology
Limb-scanning SW spectrometer
Sampling
Sounding
Data Access
Open Access
Data Format
HDF-5
Resolution
1 km vertical
[Best Resolution: 1200m]
Swath
3 vertical slits along track +/- 250 km
[Max Swath: 250 km]
Accuracy
Relative accuracy: the larger of 10% or 20 ppb in ozone from tropopause to 60 km, 20% aerosol extinction from tropopause to 35 km.
| UV (~0.01 µm - ~0.40 µm) |
| VIS (~0.40 µm - ~0.75 µm) |
| NIR (~0.75 µm - ~1.3 µm) |
Suomi NPP - Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (2011 - 2028) |
| JPSS-2 - Joint Polar Satellite System - 2 (2022 - 2030) |
JPSS-4 - Joint Polar Satellite System - 4 (2027 - 2034) |
| JPSS-3 - Joint Polar Satellite System - 3 (2032 - 2039) |