Measurements and Applications
Measurement of total column amounts and stratospheric and tropospheric profiles of ozone. Also amounts of H20, NO2, OClO, BrO, SO2 and HCHO.
Full Name
Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment - 2
Status
Operational
Instrument Agencies
Maturity
Instrument Type
Atmospheric chemistry 
Geometry
Cross-track scanning
Instrument Technology
High-resolution nadir-scanning SW spectrometer
Sampling
Imaging
Data Access
Open Access
Data Format
Native
Resolution
Horizontal: 40 x 40 km (960 km swath) to 40 x 5 km (for polarization monitoring)
[Best Resolution: 5000m]
Swath
120 - 960 km
[Max Swath: 960 km]
Accuracy
Cloud top height: 1 km (rms), Outgoing short wave radiation and solar irradiance: 5 W/m2, Trace gas profile: 10 - 20%, Specific humidity profile: 10 - 50 g/kg
Waveband
UV - NIR: 0.24 - 0.79 µm (resolution 0.2 - 0.4 nm)
| UV (~0.01 µm - ~0.40 µm) |
| VIS (~0.40 µm - ~0.75 µm) |
| NIR (~0.75 µm - ~1.3 µm) |
Metop-A - Meteorological Operational Polar Satellite - A (2006 - 2021) |
Metop-B - Meteorological Operational Polar Satellite - B (2012 - 2027) |
| Metop-C - Meteorological Operational Polar Satellite - C (2018 - 2027) |