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TOMS - Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer Data offered by the British Atmospheric Data Center Entry ID: BADC_TOMS_ONLINE |
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Summary
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Abstract:
The Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) is an instrument built and operated by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The instrument uses backscattered ultraviolet radiance to infer total column ozone measurements. The data consists of daily gridded averages of total ozone covering the entire globe. The original Nimbus-7 TOMS operated from November 1978 until May 1993. Meteor-3 TOMS was launched in August 1991 and operated until December 1994. After a gap of one and a half years, two new TOMS instruments began operation in 1996: Earth-Probe TOMS was launched on 2nd July 1996 and started to produce data on 25th July. ADEOS TOMS was launched on 17th August 1996 and started producing data on 11th Sept. The satellites were originally placed in different orbits, giving complete global coverage with the ADEOS data, while Earth-Probe had complete coverage at the poles with an increased ability to measure UV-absorbing aerosols in the troposphere. ADEOS failed in June 1997 and Earth-Probe was subsequently placed in a higher orbit to give global coverage. Earth-Probe TOMS continues to operate successfully. Link to the data set home page: "http://www.badc.rl.ac.uk/data/toms/" [Summary Extracted from the BADC Home Page] |
Related URL
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Link:
VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE
Description: The NASA TOMS project home page. |
Parent DIF
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This data set description is a member of a collection. The collection is described in BADC_UK |
Geographic Coverage
| N: 90.0 | S: -90.0 | E: 180.0 | W: -180.0 |
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Data Set Citation
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Dataset Originator/Creator:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Dataset Title: TOMS - Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer Data offered by the British Atmospheric Data Center Dataset Release Place: Oxfordshire, United Kingdom Dataset Publisher: British Atmospheric Data Centre Online Resource: http://www.badc.rl.ac.uk/data/toms/ |
Temporal Coverage
| Start Date: 1978-11-01 |
Location Keywords
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GEOGRAPHIC REGION
> GLOBAL
VERTICAL LOCATION > STRATOSPHERE |
Data Resolution
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Latitude Resolution:
1.00 degree
Longitude Resolution: 1.25 degree Temporal Resolution: 1 day |
Science Keywords
| ATMOSPHERE >ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY >OXYGEN COMPOUNDS >OZONE >TOTAL OZONE COLUMN [Definition] |
ISO Topic Category
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CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE
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Platform
| ADEOS-I >Advanced Earth Observing Satellite-I [Information] |
| EP-TOMS >Earth Probe-TOMS [Information] |
| METEOR-3 [Information] |
| NIMBUS-7 [Information] |
Instrument
| TOMS >Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer [Information] |
Access Constraints
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The BADC holds the entire TOMS dataset online in daily ASCII files. The Nimbus-7 data includes monthly and zonal averages. The data can be freely transferred using WWW or anonymous FTP. Near real-time data and GIF images are available. Note that these datasets are not fully validated. Software to read the data is available. |
Use Constraints
| Please cite the data set originator if you use this data. |
Data Set Progress
| IN WORK |
Originating Center
Data Center
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British Atmospheric Data Centre, NERC Centres for Atmospheric Science, United Kingdom
[Information]
Data Center URL: http://badc.nerc.ac.uk/
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Distribution
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Distribution_Media:
Online (FTP, HTTP)
Distribution_Size: 4000 Mb Distribution_Format: ASCII Fees: None |
Personnel
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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 Global Change Master Directory City: Greenbelt Province or State: Maryland Postal Code: 20771 Country: USA |
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BADC
SUPPORT Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT Phone: +44 1235 446432 Fax: +44 1235 445848 Email: BADC at rl.ac.uk Contact Address: British Atmospheric Data Centre Space Science Department Rutherford Appleton Laboratory UK City: Chilton Province or State: Didcot Postal Code: OX11 OQX Country: UK |
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date:
2000-02-23
Last DIF Revision Date:
2008-09-02
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