The development of Meteor-3/TOMS (Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer) was a joint project of the United States and Russia to fly a U.S. ozone measuring instrument (TOMS) onboard a Russian spacecraft (Meteor-3) and rocket (Cyclone), launched from Plesetsk, Russia. The Meteor-3/TOMS (M3TOMS) was launched into a 1202-km-high, near-polar orbit on 15 Aug. 1991, where it can obtain complete global coverage for most of each year. Both the U.S. and Russian sides have successfully received and processed data into ozone amounts from 25 Aug. 1991 to 1 Jun. 1992, and expect to continue for the life of the instrument and spacecraft. The successful development of the instrument hardware, spacecraft interface, data memory, telemetry systems, and software are described. Descriptions are given of the U.S. and Russian ground stations for receiving M3TOMS data. In addition, the data reduction software was independently developed by the U.S. and by the Russians, and is shown to agree to better than the precision of the measurements.


    Access

    Access via TIB

    Check availability in my library


    Export, share and cite



    Title :

    Results from the US/Russian Meteor-3/Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    1993


    Size :

    114 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English






    Statistical Characteristics of Total Ozone Measurements by the Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer

    Segawa, T. / Hasebe, F. / International Council of Scientific Unions | British Library Conference Proceedings | 2000


    Contingency Maneuver Strategies for the Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer - Earth Probe (TOMS-EP)

    Kestler, J. / Walls, D. / Goddard Space Flight Center | British Library Conference Proceedings | 1995