The ozone mapping and profiler suite (OMPS). The next generation of US ozone monitoring instruments

A new set of ozone instruments, the ozone mapping and profiler suite (OMPS), will fly on the next generation of US operational polar-orbiting satellites, the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS). OMPS data products will continue and improve on the current operational atmospheric ozone products. New algorithms have been developed to make use of the greater spectral coverage and better height resolution information present in the measurements from the suite. The total ozone column and vertical ozone profile estimates from OMPS will be used in operational applications and long-term atmospheric ozone assessment studies.