CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY
- GOME-2
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Full Name
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Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment - 2
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Status
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Operational
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Instrument Agencies
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EUMETSAT , ESA
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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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Cross-track scanning
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Instrument Technology
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High-resolution nadir-scanning SW spectrometer
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Sampling
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Imaging
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Data Access
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Open Access
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Data Format
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Native
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Measurements and Applications
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Measurement of total column amounts and stratospheric and tropospheric profiles of ozone. Also amounts of H20, NO2, OClO, BrO, SO2 and HCHO.
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Resolution Summary
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Horizontal: 40 x 40 km (960 km swath) to 40 x 5 km (for polarization monitoring)
[Best Resolution: 5000m]
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Swath Summary
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120 - 960 km
[Max Swath: 960 km]
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Accuracy Summary
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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
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Waveband Summary
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UV - NIR: 0.24 - 0.79 µm (resolution 0.2 - 0.4 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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