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POAM III Data Sets

The Polar Ozone and Aerosol Measurement (POAM) III instrument measures the vertical distribution of atmospheric ozone, water vapor, nitrogen dioxide, and aerosol extinction. The instrument was developed by the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL). POAM III was launched aboard the French SPOT-4 satellite in March 1998 into a Sun synchronous polar orbit.

The POAM III instrument has been in non-operational anomaly status since December 4, 2005.
Currently, efforts are continuing to recover the instrument.

Readme File & Sample Software	Documentation & Images	Ordering Data	Relevant Links
Readme IDL VM Utility IDL Read Software NH Catalog SH Catalog	Status of Version 4 Retrievals (PDF) Description of Version 4 Retrievals (PDF) Version 4 Validation (PDF) POAM III measurements during SOLVE QuickTime movie (12 Mb)	ASDC Web Ordering Tool	POAM II and POAM III Home Page POAM II Data Table

For convenience in ordering a specific data product, select the data set name in the data table below.

Data Set Name
(Select to order)

JPEG Images

Parameter(s)

Temporal Coverage

Spatial Coverage

Sensor

POAM3

Northern Hemisphere
Nitrogen Dioxide Water Vapor Ozone Aerosol

Southern Hemisphere
Nitrogen Dioxide Water Vapor Ozone Aerosol

Ozone (O3),
Water Vapor (H2O),
Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2),
Aerosol Extinction,
Temperature,
Pressure,
Potential Vorticity

04/22/1998 - 12/05/2005

Southern Hemisphere:
Min. Lat. -88.11
Max. Lat. -62.55

Northern Hemisphere:
Min. Lat. 54.68
Max. Lat. 71.01

Photometer

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