Title :
Ozone monitoring instrument calibration
Author :
Dobber, Marcel R. ; Dirksen, Ruud J. ; Levelt, Pieternel F. ; van den Oord, G.H.J. ; Voors, Robert H M ; Kleipool, Quintus ; Jaross, Glen ; Kowalewski, Matthew ; Hilsenrath, Ernest ; Leppelmeier, Gilbert W. ; De Vries, Johan ; Dierssen, Werner ; Rozemeije
Author_Institution :
R. Netherlands Meteorol. Inst., De Bilt, Netherlands
fDate :
5/1/2006 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) was launched on July 15, 2004 on the National Aeronautics and Space Administration´s Earth Observing System Aura satellite. The OMI instrument is an ultraviolet-visible imaging spectrograph that uses two-dimensional charge-coupled device detectors to register both the spectrum and the swath perpendicular to the flight direction with a 115° wide swath, which enables global daily ground coverage with high spatial resolution. This paper presents the OMI design and discusses the main performance and calibration features and results.
Keywords :
CCD image sensors; aerospace instrumentation; artificial satellites; atmospheric composition; atmospheric measuring apparatus; calibration; remote sensing; ultraviolet spectrometers; 2D charge-coupled device detectors; AD 2004 07 15; Aura satellite; NASA Earth Observing System; OMI design; Ozone Monitoring Instrument; global daily ground coverage; instrument calibration; remote sensing; ultraviolet spectroscopy; ultraviolet-visible imaging spectrograph; Atmospheric measurements; Calibration; Electromagnetic wave absorption; Instruments; Meteorology; NASA; Remote monitoring; Space technology; Spectroscopy; Sun; Calibration; charge coupled device (CCD); remote sensing; ultraviolet spectroscopy;
Journal_Title :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TGRS.2006.869987
