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Principal Investigator Team:

Principal Investigator - Pieternel Levelt (KNMI) Co-Investigator - Gilbert Leppelmeier (FMI) Co-Investigator - Ernest Hilsenrath (NASA) Project Manager - Harry Forster (NIVR) US Science Team Leader - Pawan K. Bhartia (NASA)

Science Team:

The OMI international science team will be led by the principal investigator from the Netherlands, in collaboration with the co-investigator and science team leader from Finland and the United States. The team will have the responsibility for developing algorithms, calibration, data processing, validation, and analysis. The international team draws experience from TOMS, SBUV, GOME on ERS-2, SCIAMACHY and GOMOS flying on Envisat. The Netherlands J.R Acarreta Rodríguez (KNMI) E.J. Brinksma (KNMI) K.F. Boersma (KNMI) R.J. Decae (TNO-FEL) R.J. Dirksen (SRON/KNMI) M.R. Dobber (KNMI) J.F. de Haan (KNMI) P.F. Levelt (KNMI) R. Noordhoek (KNMI) G.H.J. van den Oord (KNMI) P. Stammes (KNMI) J.P.Veefkind (KNMI) R.H.M. Voors (KNMI) Finland E. Kyrölä (FMI) G.W. Leppelmeier (FMI) A. Mälkki (FMI) P. Taalas (FMI)

Principal Investigator:

Pieternel Levelt - Dr. Levelt is with the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute's (KNMI) Atmospheric Composition section, which has a research program that includes an analysis of ground based and satellite data and chemical-transport models. Dr. Levelt did her PhD. in laboratory XUV-spectroscopy on small molecules and has conducted research on the use of ozone data in data assimilation models and has participated in GOME data validation and the planning for SCIAMACHY validation.

Co-Investigator:

Gilbert W. Leppelmeier - Dr. Leppelmeier is Research Professor at Finnish Meteorological Institute's (FMI) Geophysical Research center. FMI has overall responsibility for weather and climate, air quality, and geophysics in Finland. The center conducts planetary, geomagnetic, aeronomic, and space plasma physics research. The Geophysical Research center develops sensor technology for interplanetary missions. Dr. Leppelmeier is also a co-investigator on the GOMOS instrument. Ernest Hilsenrath - Mr. Hilsenrath is the EOS-Aura Deputy Project Scientist at the NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. This responsibility includes overall coordination of science activities of the Aura mission. He has conducted ozone and trace gas measurements from several platforms including, Space Shuttle, balloon, rockets and aircraft for climatological research and for validation of SBUV, TOMS and UARS data. He directs a research laboratory for instrument calibration and remote sensor development.

US Science Team:

The U.S. Science Team consists of the EOS Aura project scientist and team members who were selected through a NASA Research Announcement in 1999. The team leader is responsible for developing the EOSDIS TOMS- based standard data products with enhancements employing OMI's hyperspectral capabilities. The team leader also is responsible for integrating algorithms for producing other OMI data products for archiving in the DAAC. United States Leader: P.K. Bhartia (NASA/GSFC) R. Cebula (SSAI) K. Chance (SAO) D. Cunnold (Georgia Tech U.) J. Fishman (NASA/LaRC) L. Flynn (NOAA/NESDIS) J. Gleason (NASA/GSFC) D. Heath (Res. Sup. Instr.) J. Joiner (NASA/GSFC) A. Krueger (Un. MD/BC G. Mount (Wash State Un) S. Sander (NASA/JPL) I. Stajner (GTC) A. Torres (Un. MD/BC)