The Meteor 3/total ozone mapping spectrometer version 7 data set: Calibration and analysis
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Seftor, C. J., et al. "The Meteor 3/total ozone mapping spectrometer version 7 data set: Calibration and analysis." Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 102, no. D15 (01 August, 1997): 19247-19256. https://doi.org/10.1029/97JD00606.
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The Meteor 3/total ozone mapping spectrometer (TOMS) data set has been reprocessed using the version 7 TOMS total ozone algorithm and a recalibration of the TOMS instrument using in-flight and revised laboratory data. To provide continuity for the analysis of long-term trends, the absolute calibration of Meteor 3/TOMS was adjusted so that the measured radiances closely matched Nimbus 7/TOMS. The residual bias in ozone is less than 1% and shows no significant latitudinal or seasonal dependence. The calibration procedure and the differences between the current and previously used calibrations are discussed. Problems in the Meteor 3/TOMS data set caused by chopper wheel synchronization problems are described, and comparisons of the resulting data with version 7 of the Nimbus 7/TOMS data are presented.