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Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) Ozone, Aerosol, UV and Reflectivity Data and Images from Nimbus-7

Entry ID: NIMBUS7_ONLINE_TOMS

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Summary

Abstract: The Nimbus-7 spacecraft was launched on October 24, 1978 with a TOMS Flight Model 1 and began the longest series of ozone measurements from space. The Nimbus-7 data consists of ozone data in Dobson Units, reflectivity, erythermal ultraviolet (UV) radiation, and aerosol index. Meteor-3, EP-TOMS, and ADEOS TOMS data are also available.

All data is available from: http://ozoneaq.gsfc.nasa.gov/

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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: Nimbus-7 Data and Images

Dataset Release Place: Greenbelt, MD

Dataset Publisher: NASA/GSFC

Online Resource: http://ozoneaq.gsfc.nasa.gov/n7sat.md

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1978-11-01

Stop Date: 1993-05-06

Location Keywords

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL

Data Resolution

Latitude Resolution: 1.00 deg
Longitude Resolution: 1.25 deg
Horizontal Resolution Range: 100 km - < 250 km or approximately 1 degree - < 2.5 degrees

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE > AEROSOLS > AEROSOL PARTICLE PROPERTIES

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY > TRACE GASES/TRACE SPECIES

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Platform

NIMBUS-7

Instrument

TOMS > Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer

Ancillary Keywords

AEROSOL INDEX

ERYTHERMAL ULTRAVIOLET

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

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

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

Creation and Review Dates

Last DIF Revision Date: 2011-10-25

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