TOMS
n. countablen. Stands for Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer. A special tool used on satellites to measure how much ozone is in the Earth's atmosphere. It helps scientists track the hole in the ozone layer and see how it changes over time.
n. Abbreviation for Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer. A satellite instrument designed to measure the spatial distribution of atmospheric ozone by detecting backscattered ultraviolet radiation. It provided the primary data used to monitor the Antarctic ozone hole from the late 1970s through the early 2000s.
Scientists used TOMS data to track the ozone hole.
The launch of the TOMS instrument allowed researchers to map global ozone levels with unprecedented accuracy and frequency.
By analyzing decades of TOMS observations, atmospheric scientists were able to correlate the depletion of the ozone layer with the increased presence of chlorofluorocarbons in the stratosphere.
Usually functions as a proper noun referring to the specific series of NASA instruments; often used as a modifier in phrases like 'TOMS data' or 'TOMS observations'.