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GOME-2 description
 
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Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment-2 (GOME-2) is a scanning spectrometer that captures light reflected from the Earth's surface and atmosphere. The spectrometer splits the light into its spectral components to map concentrations of atmospheric ozone as well as nitrogen dioxide, sulphur dioxide, other trace gases and ultraviolet radiation.

The GOME-2 instrument is mounted to the flight direction side of the MetOp satellite. The entire instrument is housed in a box measuring just 85 x 65 cm. Most of the instrument is covered with a protective thermal foil.

Credits: ESA - AOES Medialab

 
 
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Block diagram of GOME-2 optics, with the differences to GOME-1
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Block diagram of GOME-2 optics, with the differences to GOME-1 highlighted
 
 
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The Calibration Unit optics (new WLS part highlighted in yellow)
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The Gome-2 Calibration Unit optics (new white light source part highlighted in yellow)
 
 
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GOME-2 block diagram and electrical interfaces
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GOME-2 block diagram and electrical interfaces
 
  Last update: 28 June 2006 
 
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