Development of a prototype algorithm for the operational retrieval of height-resolved products from GOMEGlobal ozone monitoring experiment (GOME) level 2 products of total ozone column amounts have been generated on a routine operational basis since July 1996. These products and the level 1 radiance products are the major outputs from the ERS-2 ground segment GOME data processor (GDP) at DLR in Germany. Off-line scientific work has already shown the feasibility of ozone profile retrieval from GOME. It is demonstrated how the retrievals can be performed in an operational context. Height-resolved retrieval is based on the optimal estimation technique, #and cloud-contaminated scenes are treated in an equivalent reflecting surface approximation. The prototype must be able to handle GOME measurements routinely on a global basis. Requirements for the major components of the algorithm are described: this incorporates an overall strategy for operational height-resolved retrieval from GOME.
Document ID
19990078334
Acquisition Source
Headquarters
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Spurr, Robert J. D. (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Cambridge, MA United States)
Date Acquired
August 19, 2013
Publication Date
May 1, 1997
Publication Information
Publication: Proceedings of the 3rd ERS Symposium on Space at the Service of Our Environment