Ozone Microwave Radiometer (SOMORA) at Payerne, Switzerland

Site (station location)
Payerne, Switzerland
Instrument Type
Microwave Radiometer
Parameter
Ozone
Model
SOMORA
Instrument Status
Active
Periods of Activity
2000
–present
Cooperating Institutions
MeteoSwiss
Data Link
Ames
HDF
Metadata File
https://www-air.larc.nasa.gov/pub/NDACC/PUBLIC/meta/mwave/Payerne_o3_mwv_emb_2024.pdf
M&A Directory Entry

E. Maillard Barras and A. Haefele (MeteoSwiss) — Deployed from January 2000 to June 2002 in Bern (46.95˚N, 7.45˚E, prior to permanent siting at Payerne. The SOMORA instrument provides ozone volume mixing ratios between 20/25 and 65 km with a 1-hour time resolution. Data through June 2019 are archived under previous PI Ruffieux.