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Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) Ozone, Aerosol, UV and Reflectivity Data and Images from Earth Probe-TOMS (EP-TOMS)

Entry ID: EP-TOMS

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Summary

Abstract: The Earth Probe-Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (EP-TOMS) spacecraft
was launched on July 2, 1996 from a Pegasus rocket. The launch of
EP-TOMS continues the global measurements of ozone that began with the
TOMS instrument on Nimbus-7 and Meteor-3 (1978-1994).

The EP-TOMS data consists of ozone data in Dobson Units, refelctivity,
erythermal ultraviolet (UV) radiation, and aerosol index. EP-TOMS data
is available from:

http://ozoneaq.gsfc.nasa.gov/measurements.md

and consists of north pole, south pole, and daily global 3-map
composites as well as ASCII data.

EP-TOMS ozone data is obtained 3 or 4 times per day and is processed to
ASCII data (in Dobson units).

Nimbus-7, Meteor-3, and ADEOS TOMS data are also available from:
http://ozoneaq.gsfc.nasa.gov/

Related URL

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Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 90.0

S: -90.0

E: 180.0

W: -180.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Richard D. McPeters

Dataset Title: EP-TOMS Data and Images

Dataset Release Place: Greenbelt, MD

Dataset Publisher: NASA/GSFC

Online Resource: http://ozoneaq.gsfc.nasa.gov/measurements.md

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1996-08-01

Location Keywords

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL

Data Resolution

Latitude Resolution: 1.00 deg
Longitude Resolution: 1.25 deg

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE > AEROSOLS > AEROSOL PARTICLE PROPERTIES

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY > TRACE GASES/TRACE SPECIES

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Platform

EP-TOMS > Earth Probe-TOMS

Instrument

TOMS > Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer

Quality The data and images on this site are preliminary and have not been
fully validated.

Access Constraints None.

Use Constraints The data and images are preliminary and not fully validated.

Ancillary Keywords

AEROSOL INDEX

EARTH PROBE

Data Set Progress

IN WORK

Originating Center

GSFC ACDB

Data Center

Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Branch, Laboratory for Atmospheres, Earth Sciences Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA

Data Center URL: http://atmospheres.gsfc.nasa.gov/acd/

Data Center Personnel
Name: RICHARD D MCPETERS, PH. D Phone: 301-614-6038 Fax: 301-614-5903 Email: richard.d.mcpeters at nasa.gov Contact Address: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Mailstop 613.3 City: Greenbelt Province or State: MD Postal Code: 20771 Country: USA

Distribution

Distribution Media: on-line, ftp

Distribution Format: ASCII, GIF images

Fees: none

Personnel

SCOTT A. RITZ

Role: DIF AUTHOR

Phone: 301-614-5126

Fax: 301-614-5268

Email: Scott.A.Ritz at nasa.gov

Contact Address:

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

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City: Greenbelt

Province or State: Maryland

Postal Code: 20771

Country: USA

RICHARD D MCPETERS, PH. D

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Phone: 301-614-6038

Fax: 301-614-5903

Email: richard.d.mcpeters at nasa.gov

Contact Address:

NASA

Goddard Space Flight Center

Mailstop 613.3

City: Greenbelt

Province or State: MD

Postal Code: 20771

Country: USA

Publications/References

An assessment of the accuracy of 14.5 years of Nimbus 7 TOMS version 7
ozone data by comparison with the Dobson network, R.D. McPeters and
G.J. Labow, Geophys. Res. Lett., 23, 3695-3698, 1996.

Creation and Review Dates

Last DIF Revision Date: 2011-11-03

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