Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment-2 (GOME-2): Vertical Profiles of Ozone and other Trace Gases

The Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment–2 (GOME–2), is an optical spectrometer, fed by a scan mirror which enables across–track scanning in nadir, as well as sideways viewing for polar coverage and instrument characterisation measurements using the moon. The scan mirror directs light into a telescope, designed to match the field of view of the instrument to the dimensions of the entrance slit. This scan mirror can also be directed towards internal calibration sources or towards a diffuser plate for calibration measurements using the sun.

This dataset collection contains vertical profiles of ozone and other trace gases from the GOME-2 instrument on-board the Eumetsat Polar System (EPS) Metop-A satellite.

GOME–2 comprises four main optical channels which focus the spectrum onto linear silicon photodiode detector arrays of 1024 pixels each, and two Polarisation Measurement Devices (PMDs) containing the same type of arrays for measurement of linearly polarised intensity in two perpendicular directions. GOME–2 senses the Earth’s Backscattered Radiance and Extraterrestrial Solar Irradiance in the ultraviolet and visible part of the spectrum (240 – 790 nm). The detected signals are preprocessed on board and then transmitted to ground for full data processing and generation of maps. The recorded spectra are used to derive a detailed picture of the total atmospheric content of ozone and the vertical ozone profile in the atmosphere, vertical profiles of ozone, nitrogen dioxide, water vapour, oxygen / oxygen dimmer, bromine oxide and other trace gases, as well as aerosols.

Date (Publication): 2011-12-10T03:17:57

Date (Creation): 2011-12-10T03:17:57

Citation identifier: https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/2adc7994200734f3503b796691293530

Citation identifier: NERC Earth Observation Data Centre (NEODC) / 2adc7994200734f3503b796691293530

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Organisation name	Electronic mail address	Role
EUMETSAT	unknown	Author
NERC Earth Observation Data Centre (NEODC)	neodc@rl.ac.uk	Custodian
NERC Earth Observation Data Centre (NEODC)	neodc@rl.ac.uk	Distributor
NERC Earth Observation Data Centre (NEODC)	neodc@rl.ac.uk	pointofContact
NERC Earth Observation Data Centre (NEODC)	neodc@rl.ac.uk	Publisher

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Keywords

GOME
ozone
trace gases

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atmospheric conditions

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Spatial representation type: Grid

Language: English

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Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere

Begin date: 2007-01-01T00:00:00

End date: 2015-11-17T23:59:59

Unique resource identifier: WGS 84

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Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
NERC Earth Observation Data Centre (NEODC)		neodc@rl.ac.uk	Distributor

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Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/2adc7994200734f3503b796691293530	CEDA Data Catalogue Page

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/index.html	EUMETSAT homepage

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://m.esa.int/Our_Activities/Observing_the_Earth/The_Living_Planet_Programme/Meteorological_missions/MetOp/About_GOME-2	GOME 2

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Title: Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

Date (Publication): 2010-12-08

Statement: Please see data lineage statements for each dataset within this collection for data lineage details.

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Metadata language: English

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Hierarchy level: Series

Hierarchy level name: series

Date stamp: 2026-01-14T03:27:01

Metadata standard name: UK GEMINI

Metadata standard version: 2.3

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Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
NERC Earth Observation Data Centre (NEODC)		neodc@rl.ac.uk	Point of contact

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