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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Clim. 2017 Apr 4;30(No 8):2961–2988. doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0699.1

Table 1.

Ozone data assimilated in MERRA-2

Instrument and platform Time period Type of measurement Coverage
SBUV Nimbus-7 1 Jan 1980 – 31 May 1990 Partial and total columns Sunlit atmosphere, surface to TOA
SBUV/2 NOAA-11 1 Jan 1989 – 4 Feb 1995 Partial and total columns Sunlit atmosphere, surface to TOA
SBUV/2 NOAA-14 5 Feb 1995 – 30 Jun 2001 Partial and total columns Sunlit atmosphere, surface to TOA
SBUV/2 NOAA-16 1 Jan 2001 – 30 Sep 2004 Partial and total columns Sunlit atmosphere, surface to TOA
SBUV/2 NOAA-17 17 Nov 2002 – 30 Sep 2004 Partial and total columns Sunlit atmosphere, surface to TOA
OMI EOS Aura 1 Oct 2004 - present Total column Sunlit atmosphere
MLS EOS Aura 1 Oct 2004 - present Mixing ratio profiles 82°S – 82°N mainly stratosphere