Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite

Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite (OMPS), is an suite of instruments built by Ball Aerospace that measure the global distribution of ozone and, less frequently, how it is distributed vertically within the stratosphere.[1] The suite flies on the Suomi NPP and NOAA-20 (formerly JPSS-1) satellites along with several other instruments. It had been intended to also fly on the NPOESS, for which the NPP was a preparatory project, but the dissolution of that project was announced in 2010. OMPS launched on October 28, 2011.[2]

The three components of the suite are Nadir, which looks straight down, Limb, which looks down at an angle, and the Main Electronics Box (MEB), which controls Nadir, Limb and communication. Nadir and Limb are on the Suomi NPP, while the MEB is on NOAA-20.[1] Nadir itself has two spectrometers: a profiler and a mapper. It will be included on JPSS-2, which is scheduled for launch in 2021.[3][4]

OMPS weighs 56 kilograms and runs on an average power of 85 Watts.[1]

See also

References
  1. "Ozone Mapping Profiler Suite (OMPS)". Joint Polar Satellite System. NASA. Archived from the original on 20 April 2018. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  2. "Ozone Suite on Suomi NPP Continues More Than 30 Years of Ozone Data". NASA. 23 February 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  3. "Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite (OMPS)". Joint Polar Satellite System. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  4. "Mission and Instruments". Joint Polar Satellite System. National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Agency. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
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