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Data DescriptionJPSS OZONE Products (JPSS_OZONE) - The Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite (OMPS) continues the NOAA atmospheric ozone monitoring that began with the SBUV/2 instrument on NOAA-9 and is still continuing with the SBUV/2 instrument on NOAA -19. The OMPS has three separate detectors, called the Nadir Mapper, Nadir Profiler and Limb Profiler. The Nadir Mapper makes measurements of backscattered solar radiance from 300 nm to 380 nm and has a wide field-of-view to allow it to provide daily maps with estimates of total column ozone with full coverage of the sunlit Earth. The Nadir Profiler makes measurements from 250 nm to 310 nm and has a nadir view spanning 250 km across the orbital track. Select measurements from the Nadir Mapper and Nadir Profiler are used in a retrieval algorithm to continue the SBUV/2 ozone profile records. The Limb Profiler views the atmospheric limb through three slits with a vertical orientation to make measurements of radiance scattered at a range of tangent heights from 0 km altitude to 80 km altitude for channels from 290 nm to 1000 nm. The Limb Profiler measurements are used to retrieve ozone profiles with good vertical resolution. The first OMPS is on the Suomi-NPP satellite and future instruments will fly on the JPSS satellites. Please expand "Details - Metadata, Documentation" section below for more details. Individual product (Datatype) description, documentation, and possible bulk access options are available under the "Product Details" link.
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