STAR JPSS
Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite (OMPS)

Description:

Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite (OMPS) measures the concentration of ozone in the atmosphere, providing information on how ozone concentration varies with altitude. Data from OMPS continues three decades of climate measurements of this important parameter used in global climate models. The OMPS measurements also fulfill the U.S. treaty obligation to monitor global ozone concentrations with no gaps in coverage.

OMPS consists of three spectrometers:

• Nadir Total Column Spectrometer covers a 50km x 2800km cross-track swath
• Nadir Profile Spectrometer provides performance over (250km)2 cell
• Limb Sensor provides 1 km vertical sampling along three slits enabling ozone profile retrieval (Not on J1)

Heritage:

TOMS (Nadir Total Column) and SBUV/2 (Nadir Profiler)