Measurements and Applications
Measures total amount of ozone in the atmosphere and the ozone concentration variation with altitude.
Full Name
Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite
Status
Operational
Instrument Agencies
Maturity
Medium Heritage
Instrument Type
Atmospheric chemistry 
Geometry
Cross-track scanning
Instrument Technology
High-resolution nadir-scanning SW spectrometer
Sampling
Sounding
Data Access
Open Access
Data Format
HDF5
Resolution
Mapper: 50 km, Profiler: 250 km, Limb: 1 km vertical
[Best Resolution: 1000m]
Swath
Mapper: 2800 km, Profiler: 250 km, Limb: 3 vertical slits along track +/- 250 km
[Max Swath: 2800 km]
Accuracy
Total Ozone 15 Dobson units. Profile Ozone 10% between 15 and 60 km; 20% between Tropopause and 15 km
Waveband
Nadir Mapper: UV 0.3 - 0.38 µm, Nadir profiler: UV 0.25 - 0.31 µm, Limb soundings: UV - TIR 0.29 - 10 µm
| UV (~0.01 µm - ~0.40 µm) |
| VIS (~0.40 µm - ~0.75 µm) |
| NIR (~0.75 µm - ~1.3 µm) |
| SWIR (~1.3 µm - ~3.0 µm) |
| MWIR (~3.0 µm - ~6.0 µm) |
| TIR (~6.0 µm - ~15.0 µm) |
Suomi NPP - Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (2011 - 2028) |
NPOESS-1 - National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System - 1 (2013 - 2020) |
| JPSS-1 - Joint Polar Satellite System - 1 (2017 - 2030) |
| NPOESS-5 - National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System - 4 (2018 - 2023) |
| NPOESS-3 - National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System - 3 (2018 - 2025) |
| 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) |