Measurements and Applications
Ozone total column vertical profile measurements.
Full Name
Total Ozone Unit & Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet Sounder
Status
Operational
Instrument Agencies
Maturity
Instrument Type
Atmospheric temperature and humidity sounders 
Geometry
Cross-track scanning
Instrument Technology
High-resolution nadir-scanning SW spectrometer
Sampling
Sounding
Data Access
Constrained Access
Data Format
L-1 data: HDF 5.0
Resolution
TOU: 50 km total ozone, SBUS: 200 km total ozone
Swath
TOU: 3000 km, SBUS: nadir only
[Max Swath: 3000 km]
Waveband
TOU: 6 channels in the range 308 - 360 nm, SBUS: in the range 252 - 340 nm
FY-3A - FY-3A Polar-orbiting Meteorological Satellite (2008 - 2018) |
| FY-3B - FY-3B Polar-orbiting Meteorological Satellite (2010 - 2020) |
FY-3C - FY-3C Polar-orbiting Meteorological Satellite (2013 - 2025) |