Surface UV Irradiance from OMI on EOS-Aura

The Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) onboard the NASA EOS Aura spacecraft is a nadir viewing spectrometer that measures solar reflected and backscattered light in a selected range of the ultraviolet and visible spectrum. The instrument has a 2600 km wide viewing swath and it is capable of daily, global contiguous mapping. We have developed and implemented a surface ultraviolet irradiance algorithm for OMI that produces noontime surface spectral UV irradiance estimates at four wavelengths (305, 310, 324, 380 nm). Additionally, noontime erythemal dose rate and the erythemal daily dose are estimated. The paper includes a brief overview of the OMI surface UV algorithm, current processing status, recent validation results and plans for further development of the surface UV algorithm.

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