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O3
- tropical NO2 - global - central Europe CH2O - global Aerosol - AOD - aerosol index Clouds - cloud info |
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UV
- UV index - UV dose |
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Ozone
- total column - global field - ozone bulletin BrO - global field |
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Aviation control |
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Volcanic plume
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The total ozone column based on SCIAMACHY, GOME or OMI measurements are all delivered in near-real time. The total ozone column is retrieved with DOAS-type algorithms, TOSOMI for SCIAMACHY, OMDOAO3 for OMI, TOGOMI for GOME.
Latest total ozone results from OMI and SCIAMACHY
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Archives
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| data & images : | menu | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 WARNING for OMI data users |
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| GOME (TOGOMI: version 1.3, level 1: version 4.00/4.01): | |
| data & images : | menu | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
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| NRT-images : | 2010 |
Citation
When the data is used in scientific publications, please refer to the following publication:
For OMI (OMDOAO3) data:
Veefkind, J.P., J.F. de Haan, E.J. Brinksma, M. Kroon and P.F. Levelt,
Total Ozone from the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) Using the DOAS
technique, IEEE Trans. Geo. Rem. Sens., 2006, Vol. 44, No. 5, 1239-1244,
doi:10.1109/TGRS.2006.871204.
For SCIAMACHY (TOSOMI) data:
H. J. Eskes, R. J. van der A, E. J. Brinksma, J. P. Veefkind, J. F. de Haan,
and P. J. M. Valks, Retrieval and validation of ozone columns derived from
measurements of SCIAMACHY on Envisat, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss, 5,
4429-4475, 2005.
For GOME (TOGOMI) data:
Valks, P.J.M., J.F. de Haan, J.P. Veefkind, R.F. van Oss and D.S. Balis,
TOGOMI: An improved total ozone retrieval algorithm for GOME,
XX Quadrennial Ozone Symposium, 1/6/2004-8/6/2004, C.S. Zerefos (Ed),
2004, Athens, University of Athens, 129-130.
Documentation
OMI-OMDOAO3:
- Detailed information on the OMI product.
- OMDOAO3 README file (doc)
- OMDOAO3 Release Specific Information (doc)
- Status of the "collection 3" data set
SCIAMACHY-TOSOMI:
- Format description of the data files.
- Format description of the header files.
- Software history of the TOSOMI algorithm (till v.0.43).
- Product Specification Document v.0.4 (pdf)
- Algorithm Document (pdf)
GOME-TOGOMI:
- Service Report of Protocol Monitoring (word) including format description.
- TOGOMI ATBD (1Mb): Valks, P., and R. van Oss, TOGOMI Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document, Issue 1.2, TOGOMI/KNMI/ATBD/001, KNMI/ESA, November 2003.
- TOGOMI validation document (2Mb): Balis, D., Valks, P.J.M., and van Oss, R.F.: TOGOMI Product Validation Document, TOGOMI/KNMI/VAL/001, KNMI/ESA, October 2003.
- TOGOMI delta validation document (8Mb): van Oss, R.F., Valks, P.J.M., and de Haan, J.F.: TOGOMI Delta Validation Document, TOGOMI/KNMI/VAL/002, KNMI/ESA, January 2004.
GOME Fast-delivery (GOFAP):
- The Fast Delivery System
- Algorithm specifications (in postscript format)
- Since 22 June 2003 there are problems with the ERS-2 satellite and because of that not all data of the GOME measurements is received; for details see News on ERS at ESA.
Introduction and related information:
- Depth and size of Antarctic ozone hole from GOME and SCIAMACHY: 1997-2006
- What is a Dobson unit?
- The ozone hole tour, Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Cambridge.
- Stratospheric Ozone: An Electronic Textbook
- Brief introduction to the Montreal & Kyoto Protocols
- Climate-chemistry interactions