OMPS Limb Profiler instrument performance assessment

Status Report to NASA Headquarters Science Team Evaluation of the OMPS Limb Profiler

Postlaunch performance of the Suomi National Polarorbiting Partnership Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite (OMPS) nadir sensors

The prelaunch specifications for nadir sensors of the Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite (OMPS) were designed to ensure that measurements from them could be used to retrieve total column ozone and nadir ozone profile information both for operational use and for use in long-term ozone data records. In this paper, we will show results from our extensive analysis of the performance of the nadir mapp...

Measuring the Antarctic ozone hole with the new Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite (OMPS)

The new Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite (OMPS), which launched on the Suomi National Polarorbiting Partnership satellite in October 2011, gives a detailed view of the development of the Antarctic ozone hole and extends the long series of satellite ozone measurements that go back to the early 1970s. OMPS includes two modules – nadir and limb – to measure profile and total ozone concentrations. ...

Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite (SAO OMPS) formaldehyde retrieval

This paper presents our new formaldehyde (H2CO) retrievals, obtained from spectra recorded by the nadir instrument of the Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite (OMPS) flown on board NASA’s Suomi National Polarorbiting Partnership (SUOMI-NPP) satellite. Our algorithm is similar to the one currently in place for the production of NASA’s Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) operational H2CO product. We ar...

An Alternative Retrieval Algorithm for the Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite Limb Profiler