[1] Global maps of the Earth’s surface Lambertian equivalent reflectance (LER) are constructed using 3 years of Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) measurements obtained between October 2004 and October 2007 at 23 wavelengths between 328 and 500 nm. The maps are constructed on a 0.5 by 0.5 longitude-latitude grid for each calendar month using an algorithm based on temporal histograms of the obser...

Total column ozone is used to trace the dynamics of the lower and middle stratosphere which is governed by planetary waves. In order to analyse the planetary wave activity a Harmonic Analysis is applied to global multi-year total ozone observations from the Total Ozone Monitoring Spectrometer (TOMS). As diagnostic variables we introduce the hemispheric ozone variability indices one and two. The...

The global stratospheric ozone-layer depletion results in an increase in biologically harmful ultraviolet (UV) radiation reaching the surface and penetrating to ecologically significant depths in natural waters. Such an increase can be estimated on a global scale by combining satellite estimates of UV irradiance at the ocean surface from the Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) satellite ins...

The historical total ozone measurements taken with Dobson Spectrophotometer #8 at Longyearbyen (78.2 N, 15.6 E), Svalbard, Norway, in the period 1950– 1962 have been re-analyzed and homogenized based on the original measurement logs, using present-day procedures. In lack of sufficient calibration information, an empirical quality assessment was performed, based on a climatological comparison wi...

The direct collisional interaction of magnetospheric particles with Io will lead to sputtering of atoms and molecules from the satellite into circum-Jovian space. The -•520-eV S (and -•260-eV O) ions composing the Io toms are the most effective agents for net sputter emoval of matter from the satellite. An incident flux of-•10 •ø cm -2 s -• is estimated to provide -•5 x 10 •ø S atoms cm -2 s -•...

[1] The recently constructed gridded Merged Ozone Data (MOD) set, combining the monthly mean column abundances collected by the Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) and the Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet (SBUV and SBUV/2) instruments, provides a nearly continuous record from late 1978 to 2000 on a 5 10 latitudelongitude grid. The precision of these measurements and their calibration allow ver...