TOMS Instrument

Measurements and Applications

Retrieval of ozone column measurements.

Instrument Summary

Full Name
Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer
Status
No longer operational
Instrument Agencies
Maturity
Instrument Type
Atmospheric chemistry
Geometry
Instrument Technology
High-resolution nadir-scanning SW spectrometer
Sampling
Imaging
Data Access
Data Format

Performance Summary

Resolution
39 x 39 km (nadir)
Swath
Accuracy
Waveband
UV absorption
UV (~0.01 µm - ~0.40 µm)

Instrument Missions

NIMBUS-7 - NIMBUS-7 (1978 - 1994)
Meteor-3 N5 - Meteor-3 N5 (1991 - 2002)
ADEOS - Advanced Earth Observing Satellite (1996 - 1997)
TOMS-EP - Total Ozone Mapping Spectometer Earth Probe (1996 - 2006)
QuikTOMS - Quick Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (2001 - 2001)

Instrument Measurements