CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY
- OMPS
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Full Name
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Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite
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Status
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Operational
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Instrument Agencies
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NOAA
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Maturity
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Medium Heritage
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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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Sounding
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Data Access
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Open Access
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Data Format
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HDF5
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Measurements and Applications
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Measures total amount of ozone in the atmosphere and the ozone concentration variation with altitude.
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Resolution Summary
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Mapper: 50 km, Profiler: 250 km, Limb: 1 km vertical
[Best Resolution: 1000m]
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Swath Summary
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Mapper: 2800 km, Profiler: 250 km, Limb: 3 vertical slits along track +/- 250 km
[Max Swath: 2800 km]
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Accuracy Summary
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Total Ozone 15 Dobson units. Profile Ozone 10% between 15 and 60 km; 20% between Tropopause and 15 km
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Waveband Summary
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Nadir Mapper: UV 0.3 - 0.38 µm, Nadir profiler: UV 0.25 - 0.31 µm, Limb soundings: UV - TIR 0.29 - 10 µm
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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) |
| SWIR (~1.3 µm - ~3.0 µm) |
| MWIR (~3.0 µm - ~6.0 µm) |
| TIR (~6.0 µm - ~15.0 µm) |
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Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
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Instrument Missions
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