In-flight performance of the Ozone Monitoring Instrument

Schenkeveld, V. M. Erik; Jaross, Glen; Marchenko, Sergey; Haffner, David; Kleipool, Quintus L.; Rozemeijer, Nico C.; Veefkind, J. Pepijn; Levelt, Pieternel F.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-1957-2017

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Ten years of Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) observations...

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01 Jun 2017

Research article |

| 01 Jun 2017

In-flight performance of the Ozone Monitoring Instrument

V. M. Erik Schenkeveld, Glen Jaross, Sergey Marchenko, David Haffner, Quintus L. Kleipool, Nico C. Rozemeijer, J. Pepijn Veefkind, and Pieternel F. Levelt

Data sets

Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center GES-DISC https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/uui/datasets?processingLevel=1&keywords= Aura OMI

Short summary

The Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) has been flying on NASA’s EOS Aura satellite since July 15, 2004. It has measured the concentration of trace gasses in the atmosphere, like ozone, NO₂ and SO₂. This article describes the trend in performance and calibration parameters of OMI during 12 years of flight. The degradation of the CCD detectors, solar diffusers, spectral calibration and row anomaly are shown. The instrument shows overall degradation that is better than expected.