TOMS references


NASA's TOMS User's Guides

McPeters, R.D, Krueger, A.J., Bhartia, P.K., Herman, J.R. et al, 1998, "Earth Probe Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) Data Products User's Guide", NASA Reference Publication 1998-206895

McPeters, R.D, Krueger, A.J., Bhartia, P.K., Herman, J.R. et al, 1996, "Nimbus-7 Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) Data Products User's Guide", NASA Reference Publication 1384, available from NASA Center for AeroSpace Information, 800 Elkridge Landing Rd, Linthicum Heights, MD 21090, USA; (301) 621-0390.

Herman, Jay R. et al, 1996, "Meteor-3 Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) Data Products User's Guide", NASA reference publication 1393, available from NASA Center for AeroSpace Information, 800 Elkridge Landing Rd, Linthicum Heights, MD 21090, USA; (301) 621-0390.

Krueger, A. et al, 1998, "AEDEOS Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) Data Products User's Guide", NASA Technical Publication NASA/TP-98-206857, available from NASA Center for AeroSpace Information, Parkway Center/7121 Standard Drive, Hanover, MD 21076-1320, USA; price code A17.

General papers on TOMS and ozone

Bhartia, P.K., K.F. Klenk, D. Gordon, and A.J. Fleig, "Nimbus-7 total ozone algorithm", Proceedings, 5th Conference on Atmospheric Radiation, American Meteorological Society, Baltimore, Maryland, 1983.

Bhartia, P.K., K.F. Klenk, C.K. Wong, D. Gordon, and A.J. Fleig, "Intercomparison of the Nimbus-7 SBUV/TOMS total ozone data sets with Dobson and M83 results", J. Geophys. Res., 89, 5239-5247, 1984.

Bowman, Kenneth P., "Interannual variability of total ozone during the breakdown of the Antarctic circumpolar vortex", Geophys. Res. Lett., 13, 1193-1196, 1986.

Bowman, K.P. and A.J. Krueger, "A global climatology of total ozone from the Nimbus-7 Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer", J. Geophys. Res., 90, 7967-7976, 1985.

Bowman, K.P., "Global trends in total ozone", Science, 239, 48-50, 1988.

Chandra, S., "The solar and dynamically induced oscillations in the stratosphere", J. Geophys. Res., 91, 2719-2734, 1986.

Chandra, S., "Changes in stratospheric ozone and temperature due to the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo", Geophys. Res. Lett., 20, 33-36, 1993.

Chandra, S., and R.S. Stolarski, "Recent trends in stratospheric total ozone: Implications of dynamical and El Chichon perturbation", Geophys. Res. Lett., 18, 2277-2280, 1991.

Dave, J.V., "Multiple scattering in a non-homogeneous, Rayleigh atmosphere", J. Atmos. Sci., 22, 273-279, 1965.

Dave, J.V., and Carlton L. Mateer, "A preliminary study on the possibility of estimating total atmospheric ozone from satellite measurements", J. Atmos. Sci., 24, 414-427, 1967.

Fraser, R.S., and Z. Ahmad, "The effect of surface reflection and clouds on the estimation of total ozone from satellite measurements." Fourth NASA Weather and Climate Program Science Review, NASA Conf Publ. 2076, 247-252, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, DC, [NTIS N7920633], 1978.

Fleig, Albert J., R.D. McPeters, P.K. Bhartia, Barry M. Schlesinger, Richard P. Cebula, K. F. Klenk, Steven L. Taylor, and D.F. Heath, "Nimbus-7 Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet (SBUV) ozone products user's guide", NASA Reference Publication, 1234, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, DC, 1990.

Heath, D.F., and H. Park, "The Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet (SBUV) and Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) experiment", in The Nimbus-7 Users'Guide, edited by C. R. Madrid, 175-211, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, 1978.

Heath, D.F., "Non-Seasonal Changes in Total Column Ozone From Satellite Observations", 1970-1986, Nature, 332, 219-227, 1988.

Heath, D.F., "Changes in the vertical distribution of stratospheric ozone and the associated global scale changes in total ozone from observations with the Nimbus-7 SBUV instrument; 1978-1986", in Proceedings of the International Ozone Symposium, edited by R. Bojkov and P. Fabian, p. 810, A. Deepak, Hampton, Virginia, 1990.

Herman, J.R., R. McPeters, R. Stolarski, D. Larko, and R. Hudson, "Global average ozone change from November 1978 to May 1990", J. Geophys. Res., 96, 17279-17305, 1991.

Herman, J.R., R. McPeters, and D. Larko, "Ozone depletion at northern and southern latitudes derived from January 1979 to December 1991 TOMS data", accepted for publication, J. Geophys. Res., 98, 1993.

Herman, J.R. and D. Larko, "Global ozone change as a function of latitude and longitude: January 1979 to December 1991", submitted to J. Geophys. Res., 1993.

Herman, J.R.D. Larko, "Nimbus-7/TOMS-November 1, 1978 to May 6, 1993: Low ozone amounts during 1992-1993", submitted to J. Geophys. Res., 1993.

Klenk, K.F.P.K. Bhartia, E. Hilsenrath, and A.J. Fleig, "Standard ozone profiles from balloon and satellite data sets", J. Climate Appl. Meteorol., 22, 2012-2022, 1983.

Komhyr, W.D.R.D. Grass, and R.K. Leonard, "Total ozone, ozone vertical distributions, and stratospheric temperatures at South Pole, Antarctica, in 1986 and 1987", J. Geophys. Res., 94, 11,429-11,436, 1989.

Krueger, A.J., M.R. Schoeberl, and R.S. Stolarski, "TOMS observations of total ozone in the 1986 Antarctic spring", Geophys. Res. Lett., 14, 527-530, 1987.

Larko, David E., Louis W. Uccellini, and Arlin J. Krueger, "Atlas of TOMS ozone data collected during the Genesis of Atlantic Lows Experiment (GALE)" NASA-TM-87809, 99pp., 1986.

Lienesch, J.H. and P.K.K. Pandey, "The use of TOMS data in evaluating and improving the total ozone from TOVS measurements", Rep. NOAA-TR-NESDIS-23, Issue 22, 3814-828, 1985.

Logan, J.A., "Tropospheric ozone: Seasonal behavior, trends, and anthropogenic influence", J. Geophys. Res., 90, 10,463-10,482, 1985.

Pommereau, J.P., F. Goutail, H. LeTexier, and T.S. Jorgensen, "Stratospheric ozone and nitrogen dioxide monitoring at southern and northern polar latitudes", in Our Changing Atmosphere, Proceedings of the 28th Liege International Astrophysical Colloquiutn, edited by P. Crutzen. J.C. Gerard, and R. Zander, University de Liege, Liege, Belgium, 1989.

Schoeberl, Mark R., Arlin J. Krueger, and Paul A. Newman, "The morphology of Antarctic total ozone as seen by TOMS - Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer", Geophys. Res. Lett., 13, 1217-1220, 1986.

Schoeberl, M.R., P.K. Bhartia, E. Hilsenrath, and O. Torres, "Tropical ozone loss following the eruption of Mr. Pinatubo", Geophys. Res. Lett., 20, 29-32, 1993.

Solomon, S., "Antarctic ozone: Progress towards a quantitative understanding", Nature, 347, 347-354, 1990.

Stolarski, R.S., A.J. Krueger, M.R. Schoeberl, R.D. McPeters, P.A. Newman, and J.C. Alperr, "Nimbus-7 satellite measurements of the springtime Antarctic ozone decrease", Nature, 322, 808-811, 1986.

Stolarski, R.S., "Observations of global stratospheric ozone change", Ber. Bunsen Ges. Phys. Chem., 96, 258-263, 1992.

Stolarski, R.S., P. Bloomfield, R.D. McPeters, and J.R. Herman, "Total ozone trends deduced from Nimbus-7 TOMS data", Geophys. Res. Lett., 18, 1015-1018, 1991.

Stolarski, R.S., L. Bishop, R. Bojkov, M.L. Chanin, V. Fioletev, V. Kircchoff, J. Zawoclny, and C. Zerefos, "Ozone and temperature trends", in Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion; 1991, WMO Rep. 25, 2.1-2.30, World Meteorol. Organ., Geneva, 1992.

Stolarski, R.S., R. Bojkov, L. Bishop, C. Zerelos, J. Staehelin, and J. Zawodny, "Measured trends in stratospheric ozone", Science 256, 342-349, 1992.

Vigroux, Ernest, "Contribution a l'etude experimental de l'absorption de l'ozone", Ann. Phys., ser. 12, 8, 709-762. 1953.

Vigroux, E., "Determination des coefficients moyen d'absorption de l'ozone en vue des observations concernant l'ozone atmospherique a l'aide du spectrometre Dobson", Ann. Phys., ser. 14, 2, 209-215, 1967.

Wellemeyer, C., A.J. Fleig, and P.K. Bhartia, "Internal comparisons of SBUV and TOMS total ozone measurements", in Proceedings of the International Ozone Symposium, edited by R. Bojkov and P. Fabian, 193-197, A. Deepak, Hampton, Virginia, 1989.

Data processing and related topics

Bates, D.R., "Rayleigh scattering by air", Planet. Sp. Sci., 32, 785-90, 1984.

Bhartia, P.K.D. Silberstein, B. Monosmith, and Albert J. Fleig, "Standard profiles of ozone from ground to 60 km obtained by combining satellite and ground based measurements", in Atmospheric Ozone, edited by C.S. Zerefos and A. Ghazi, pp. 243-247, D. Reidel, Dordrecht, 1985.

Bhartia, P.K., J.R. Herman, R.D. McPeters, and O. Torres, "The effect of stratospheric aerosols on TOMS ozone measurements", submitted, J. Geophys. Res. 98, 1993.

Cebula, R.P., H. Park, and D.F. Heath, "Characterization of the Nimbus-7 SBUV radiometer for the long-term monitoring of stratospheric ozone", J. Atto. Ocean. Tech., 5, 215-227, 1988.

Dave, J.V., "Meaning of successive iteration of the auxiliary equation of radiative transfer", Astrophys. J., 140, 1292-1303, 1964.

Dave, J.V., "Effect of aerosols on the estimation of total ozone in an atmospheric column from the measurement of its ultraviolet radiance", J. Atmos. Sci. 35, 899-911, 1978.

Eck, T.F., P.K. Bhartia, P.H. Hwang and L.L. Stowe, "Reflectivity of Earth's surface and clouds in ultraviolet from satellite observations", J. Geophys. Res., 92(D4), 4287-4296, 1987.

Environmental Science Services Administration, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and United States Air Force, U.S. Standard Atmosphere Supplements, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 1966.

Fleig, A.J., P.K. Bhartia, and David S. Silberstein, "An assessment of the long-term drift in SBUV total ozone data, based on comparison with the Dobson Network", Geophys. Res. Lett., 1359-1362, 1986b.

Fleig, Albert J., Pawan K. Bhartia, Charles G. Wellemeyer, and David S. Silberstein, "Seven years of total ozone from the TOMS instrument - a report on data quality", Geophys. Res. Lett., 13, 1355-1358, 1986a.

Fleig, A.J., D.F. Heath, K.F. Klenk, N. Oslik, K.D. Lee, H. Park, P.K. Bhartia, and D. Gordon, "User's guide for the Solar Backscattered Ultraviolet (SBUV) and the Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) RUT-S and RUT-T data sets, October 31, 1978 to November 1, 1980", NASA Reference Publication 1112, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, DC, 1983.

Fleig, A.J., K.F. Klenk, P.K. Bhartia, and D. Gordon, "User's guide for the Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) instrument first year OZONE-T data set", NASA Reference Publication 1096, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, DC, 1982.

Fleig, Albert J., David S. Silberstein, Charles G. Wellemeyer, Richard P. Cebula, and Pawan K. Bhartia, "An assessment of the long term drift in TOMS total ozone data", submitted to Geophys Res. Lett., 1988.

Fleig, A.J., D.S. Silberstein, R.P. Cebula, C.G. Wellemeyer, P.K. Bhartia, and J.J.DeLuisi, "An assessment of the SBUV/TOMS ozone data quality, based on c omparison with external data", in Ozone in the Atmosphere, edited by R.D. Bojkov and P. Fabian, pp. 232-237, A. Deepak, Hampton, Virginia, 1989.

Gleason, J.F., P.K. Bhartia, J.R. Herman, R. McPeters, P. Newman, R.S. Stolarski, L. Flynn, G. Labow, D. Larko, C. Seftor, C. Wellemeyer, W.D. Komhyr, A.J. Miller, and W. Planet, "Record low global ozone in 1992", Science, 260, 523-526, 1993.

Heath, D.F., A.J. Krueger, H.R. Roeder, and B.D. Henderson, "The Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet and Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (SBUV/TOMS) for Nimbus G", Opt. Eng., 14, 323-331, 1975.

Herman, J.R., R.D. Hudson, and G. Serafino, "Analysis of the eight-year trend in ozone depletion from empirical models of solar backscattered ultraviolet instrument degradation", J. Geophys. Res., 95, 7403-7416, 1990.

Herman, J.R., R. Hudson, R. McPeteres, R. Stolarski, Z. Ahmad, X.-Y. Gu, S. Taylor, and C. Wellemeyer, "A new self-calibration method applied to TOMS/SBUV backscattered ultraviolet data to determine long-term global ozone change", J. Geophys. Res., 96, 7531-7545, 1991.

Hudson, R.D., J.R. Herman, and G. Serafino, "On the determination of Iong-term trends from SBUV ozone data", in Ozone in the Atmosphere. Proceedings of the Quadrennial Ozone Symposium 1988 and Tropospheric Ozone Workshops, edited by R. Bojkov and P.Fabian, 189-192. A. Deepal›, Hampton, Virginia, 1989.

Klenk, K.F., "Absorption coefficients of ozone for the backscatter UV experiment", Applied Optics, 19, Z, 236-242, 1980.

Klenk, K.F., P.K. Bhartia, A.J. Fleig, V.G. Kaveeshwar, R.D. McPeters, and P.M. Smith, "Total ozone determination from the backscattered ultraviolet (BUV) experiment", J. Appl. Meteorol., 21, 1672-1684, 1982.

McPeters, R.D., D.F. Heath, and B.M. Schlesinger, "Satellite observation of S02 from El Chichon: identification and measurement", Geophys. Res. Lett., 11, 1203-1206, 1984.

McPeters, R., and W.D. Komhyr, "Long-term changes in the total ozone mapping spectrometer relative to world primary standard Dobson spectrometer 83", J. Geophys. Res., 96, 2987-2993, 1991.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration, "Third and Fourth Year Addendum to the User's Guide for the Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) Instrument First Year Ozone-T Data Set", Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, 1984.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration, "Nimbus-7 Solar Backscattered Ultraviolet and Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (SBUV/TOMS) GRIDTOMS Tape Specifications", Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, 1986.

Paur, R.J., and A.M. Bass, "The ultraviolet cross-sections of ozone: II. Results and temperature dependence", in Atmospheric Ozone, edited by C.S. Zerefos and A. Ghazi, 611-616, D. Reidel, Dordrecht, 1985.

Torres, O., Z. Ahmad, and J.R. Herman, "Optical effects of polar stratospheric clouds on the retrieval of TOMS total ozone", J. Geophys. Res., 97, 13,015-13, 024, 1992.

Watson, R.T., and Ozone Trends Panel, M.J. Prather and Ad Hoc Theory Panel, and M.J. Kuryio and NASA Panel for Data Evaluation, "Present State of Knowledge of the Upper Atmosphere 1988; An Assessment Report", NASA Reference Publication, 1208, 33-47, 1988.

Watson, R.T., and Ozone Trends Panel, "Report of the International Ozone Trends Panel 1988", Rep. 18. Global Ozone Res. and Monit. Proj., World Meteorol. Organ., Geneva, 1990.

Wellemeyer, C.G., S.L. Taylor, R.R. Singh, and R.D. McPeters, "External comparisons of reprocessed SBUV/TOMS ozone data", Proceedings of the Quadrennial Ozone Symposium, 1992.

Wilson, R.C., H.S. Hudson, C. Frohlich, and R.W. Brusa, "Long-term downward trend in solar irradiance", Science, 234, 114-117, 1986.