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O3MSAF (Ozone Monitoring Satellite Application Facility)
Andy Delcloo, Hugo De Backer
Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium
3, Avenue Circulaire
1180 Uccle
Contact: Andy Delcloo
The Ozone Monitoring Satellite Application Facility is a consortium of EUMETSAT member states. Its aim is to complement the production of standart meteorological products derived from satellite data. The Ozone SAF will be responsible for the processing of data on ozone, other trace gases, aerosols and ultraviolet data obtained from satellite instrumentation
The Ozone SAF will use observations of the atmosphere performed by the future EUMETSAT METOP satellites to derive information about the ozone content of the atmosphere useful for meteorological applications and climate/ozone layer monitoring.
At RMI, we are responsible for the validation of the GOME-2 ozone measurements, that is, for the comparison of satellite retrieved ozone observations with other ozone observations performed with balloon soundings, in Uccle and around the world.
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You will find more information on the Ozone SAF web pages. Information about SAF's in general and about the METOP satellite are available on the EUMETSAT home pages.