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Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer-Earth Probe Project Description
Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS)-Earth Probe (EP) provides global measurements of total column ozone and its variation on a daily basis. Together with TOMS aboard Nimbus-7 and Meteor-3,it provides a long-term data set of daily ozone over about two decades. Air quality and public health. LAUNCH: Launched: July 2, 1996 Launch Site: Vandenberg Air Force Base ORBIT: Altitude: 740 km Inclination: 98.385 degrees VITAL STATISTICS: Design Life: 2 years INSTRUMENTS: TOMS (Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer) For more information on TOMS-EP, see http://jwocky.gsfc.nasa.gov/ |
