GOMOS Instrument

Measurements and Applications

Stratospheric profiles of temperature and of ozone, NO2, H20, aerosols and other trace species.

Instrument Summary

Full Name
Global Ozone Monitoring by Occultation of Stars
Status
No longer operational
Instrument Agencies
ESA
Maturity
Instrument Type
Atmospheric chemistry
Geometry
Occultation
Instrument Technology
Limb-scanning SW spectrometer
Sampling
Imaging
Data Access
Open Access
Data Format

Performance Summary

Resolution
1.7 km vertical
Swath
Not applicable
Accuracy
Waveband
Spectrometers: UV - VIS: 248 - 371 nm and 387 - 693 nm, NIR: 750 - 776 nm and 915 - 956 nm, Photometers: 644 - 705 nm and 466 - 528 nm
UV (~0.01 µm - ~0.40 µm)
VIS (~0.40 µm - ~0.75 µm)
NIR (~0.75 µm - ~1.3 µm)

Instrument Missions

Envisat - Environmental Satellite (2002 - 2012)

Instrument Measurements