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TOMS Earth Probe Flight Mission
The Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) is the primary instrument for studying atmospheric ozone on a global scale. The TOMS instrument is used by NASA scientists to monitor the Antarctic ozone hole and local and global ozone levels.
TOMS has proven useful in detecting, mapping, and tracking aerosols (e.g., smoke from fires, dust from drought areas) and is the first instrument to allow observation of aerosols as the particles cross the land/sea boundary. TOMS is also used to measure reflected solar irradiance to distinguish clouds.
The TOMS instrument has flown on board several satellites, and is scheduled for additional flights:
TOMS is the heritage instrument for OMI on the EOS Aura satellite (not yet launched).
New ENSO events can be monitored using the Earth Probe TOMS instrument.
NASA's TOMS instrument
data products featured on this CD-ROM
Disclaimer:
NASA offers these suggested sites
for additional information regarding TOMS.
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TOMS Web Sites