Earth Science Products From NPOES-OMPS

Point of contact for OMPS Data:

• NASA, NOAA, and the Air Force will each have their own data archiving systems. NASA and Air Force charters do not include dissemination of data to the public. NOAA/NESDIS will disseminate NPOES data to the public. Some NOAA data will be freely available, while other data will have an associated fee. NOAA will undoubtedly use the CLASS system for their data archiving. Information on the CLASS system and NESDIS follows:
• NOAA Comprehensive Large Array-data Stewardship System (CLASS).
• System Program Director: Brig Gen(s) Susan Mashiko
• (301) 713-4850
• sue.mashiko@noaa.gov
• http://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/

Website:

• http://npoess.noaa.gov/about_NPOESS.html
• http://www.ipo.noaa.gov/Technology/omps_summary.html

Product Name	Product Definition	Product Units	Spatial Resolution	Temporal Resolution	Coverage Area	Product Format	Period of Product Availability
Ozone Column		Dobson Units (DU)	50 km at nadir	Nadir Mapper: Daily Limb Profiler: 4 days (average)	Global	TBD	Expected launch in 2011
Ozone Profile		Dobson Units (DU)	Vertical: Tropopause — 60 km at 3 km increments Horizontal: 250 km	Nadir Mapper: Daily Limb Profiler: 4 days (average)	Global	TBD	Expected launch in 2011