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Sulfur dioxide (SO 2 ) and aerosol from EOS AURA satellite. The NASA EOS Aura platform, launched on July 15, 2004, carries the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) Joint Dutch-Finnish Instrument with Duch/Finish/U.S. Science Team PI: P. Levelt, KNMI Hyperspectral wide FOV Radiometer
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Sulfur dioxide (SO2) and aerosol from EOS AURA satellite • The NASA EOS Aura platform, launched on July 15, 2004, carries the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) • Joint Dutch-Finnish Instrument with Duch/Finish/U.S. Science Team • PI: P. Levelt, KNMI • Hyperspectral wide FOV Radiometer • 270-500 nm • 13x24 km nadir footprint (highest resolution from space ! ) • Swath width 2600 km ( contiguous coverage ) • Radicals: Column O3, NO2, BrO, OClO • O3 profile ~ 5-10 km vert resolution • Tracers: Column SO2, HCHO • Aerosols (smoke, dust and sulfates) • Cloud top press., cloud coverage • Surface UVB • Tropospheric ozone 2-dimensional CCD wavelength ~ 780 pixels ~ 580 pixels viewing angle ± 57 deg flight direction » 7 km/sec 13 km (~2 sec flight)) 2600km 12 km/24 km (binned & co-added)
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