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 - Nadir Profiler
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
Suomi NPP - Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (2011 - 2029) |
NPOESS-1 - National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System - 1 (2013 - 2020) |
| NOAA-20 - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 20 (2017 - 2032) |
| NPOESS-5 - National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System - 4 (2018 - 2023) |
| NPOESS-3 - National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System - 3 (2018 - 2025) |
| NOAA-21 - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 21 (2022 - 2030) |
JPSS-4 - Joint Polar Satellite System - 4 (2027 - 2036) |
| JPSS-3 - Joint Polar Satellite System - 3 (2032 - 2041) |