Title :
The ozone monitoring instrument
Author :
Levelt, Pieternel F. ; Van den Oord, Gijsbertus H J ; Dobber, Marcel R. ; Mälkki, Anssi ; Visser, Huib ; De Vries, Johan ; Stammes, Piet ; Lundell, Jens O V ; Saari, Heikki
Author_Institution :
R. Dutch Meteorol. Inst., De Bilt, Netherlands
fDate :
5/1/2006 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) flies on the National Aeronautics and Space Administration´s Earth Observing System Aura satellite launched in July 2004. OMI is a ultraviolet/visible (UV/VIS) nadir solar backscatter spectrometer, which provides nearly global coverage in one day with a spatial resolution of 13 km×24 km. Trace gases measured include O3, NO2, SO2, HCHO, BrO, and OClO. In addition, OMI will measure aerosol characteristics, cloud top heights, and UV irradiance at the surface. OMI´s unique capabilities for measuring important trace gases with a small footprint and daily global coverage will be a major contribution to our understanding of stratospheric and tropospheric chemistry and climate change. OMI´s high spatial resolution is unprecedented and will enable detection of air pollution on urban scale resolution. In this paper, the instrument and its performance will be discussed.
Keywords :
aerosols; aerospace instrumentation; air pollution; atmospheric composition; atmospheric measuring apparatus; ozone; AD 2004 07; Aura satellite; BrO; HCHO; NASA Earth Observing System; NO2; National Aeronautics and Space Administration; O3; OClO; Ozone Monitoring Instrument; SO2; UV irradiance; aerosol characteristics; air pollution; air quality; atmospheric chemistry; climate change; cloud top heights; nadir solar backscatter spectrometer; ozone layer; trace gases; Atmospheric measurements; Backscatter; Earth Observing System; Gases; Instruments; Monitoring; Pollution measurement; Satellites; Spatial resolution; Spectroscopy; Air quality; atmospheric research; ozone layer; ultraviolet/visible (UV/VIS) satellite instruments;
Journal_Title :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TGRS.2006.872333
