Global Change Master Directory (GCMD)

Data Sets

Services / Tools

Ancillary Descriptions

Are you using a browser that doesn't support JavaScript or have you disabled JavaScript?

If you have disabled JavaScript, you must re-enable JavaScript to use this page.
Or you can view this record using the Text Only Format.

OMI/Aura Multi-wavelength Aerosol Optical Depth and Single Scattering Albedo 1-orbit L2 Swath 13x24 km V003 (OMAERO) at GES DISC
Entry ID: GES_DISC_OMAERO_V003

[ Get Data ]
[ Update this Record ]

Summary

Abstract: The improved Level-2 OMI Aerosol Product 'OMAERO' is now available (http://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/Aura/OMI/omaero_v003.shtml )
from NASA GSFC Earth Sciences (GES) Data and Information Services Center (DISC) for public access. This is the second public release of version 003. The data was re-processed in late 2011 using an improved algorithm (processing version 1.2.3.1). After some quick validation the reprocessed data was released to the public in March 2012.

There are two Level-2 Aura OMI aerosol products OMAERUV and OMAERO. The OMAERUV product uses the near-UV algorithm. The OMAERO product is based on the multi-wavelength algorithm and that uses up to 20 wavelength bands between 331 nm and 500 nm. OMAERO retrieval algorithm is developed by the KNMI OMI Team Scientists. Drs. Deborah Stein-Zweers, Martin Sneep and Pepijn Veefkind are now the key investigators of this product. The OMAERO product contains Aerosol Optical Depths, Single Scatterin Albedo and other ancillary and geolocation informations.

OMAERO files are stored in EOS Hierarchical Data Format (HDF-EOS5). Each file contains data from the day lit portion of an orbit (~53 minutes). There are approximately 14 orbits per day. The maximum file size for the OMAERO data product is about 6 Mbytes.

A list of tools for browsing and extracting data from these
files can be found at: http://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/Aura/tools.shtml

A short OMAERO Readme Documnt that includes brief algorithm description, data quality related issues is available from the site(http://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/Aura/OMI/documents/v003/OMAERO_README.doc)

The Ozone Monitoring Instrument(OMI) flying on the EOS-Aura satellite (launched in July 2004), provides daily global measurements of four important US Environmental Protection Agency's criteria pollutants (Ozone, Nitrogen dioxide, Sulfur dioxide and Aerosols from biomass burning and industrial emissions), HCHO, BrO, OClO and surface UV irradiance. OMI is a contribution of the Netherlands Agency for Aerospace Programs (NIVR)in collaboration with Finish Meterological Institute (FMI), to the US EOS-Aura Mission. The principal investigator's (Dr. Pieternel Levelt) institute is the KNMI(Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute).

For more information on Ozone Monitoring Instrument and
atmospheric data products, please visit the OMI-Aura sites:

http://aura.gsfc.nasa.gov/
http://www.knmi.nl/omi/research/documents/ .

Data Category Parameters:

The OMAERO data file contains a swath which consists of two
groups:

Data fields: aerosol optical thickness, single scattering albedo,
aerosol absorption indices, aerosol type, layer height,
Aerosol Extinction Optical Depths and other intermediate and
ancillary parameters and Data Quality Flags.

Geolocation Fields:

Latitude, Longitude, Time(TAI93), Seconds, Solar Zenith Angles,
Viewing Zenith Angles, Relative Azimuth Angle, Terrain Pressure,
Ground Pixel Quality Flags.

For the full set of Aura products from the Aura sensors OMI,
MLS, and HIRDLS, available from the GES DISC, please see the
link below.
http://disc.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/Aura/

Atmospheric Composition data from Aura and other satellite
sensors can be ordered from the following site:
http://disc.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/acdisc/

Related URL

Link: GET DATA > MIRADOR

Link: VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
Link: VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
Link: VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
Link: VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
Link: VIEW RELATED INFORMATION

Link: VIEW RELATED INFORMATION > USER'S GUIDE
Description: User Guide for OMI Data Products

Geographic Coverage

N: 90.0 S: -90.0 E: 180.0 W: -180.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Pepin Veefkind, Ph.D
Dataset Title: OMI/Aura Multi-wavelength Aerosol Optical Depth and Single Scattering Albedo 1-orbit L2 Swath 13x24 km
Dataset Series Name: OMAERO
Dataset Release Date: 2012
Dataset Release Place: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Version: 003
Data Presentation Form: Digital Science Data
Other Citation Details: http://aura.gsfc.nasa.gov/
Online Resource: http://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/Aura/OMI/omaero_v003.shtml

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 2004-10-01

Location Keywords

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL

Data Resolution
Latitude Resolution: 13 km
Longitude Resolution: 24 km
Vertical Resolution: Approx 80 km (atmospheric column)
Temporal Resolution: Approx 1 hour (day time orbit)

ISO Topic Category

ENVIRONMENT
HEALTH

Platform

AURA >Aura [Information]

Instrument

OMI >Ozone Monitoring Instrument [Information]

Project

EOSDIS >Earth Observing System Data Information System    [Information]

ESIP >Earth Science Information Partners Program    [Information]

AURA >Earth Observing System (EOS), AURA    [Information]

CWIC >CEOS WGISS Integrated Catalog    [Information]

Quality

This data set is the second public release of version 003. Quality of data is better than the earlier version. However, this reprocessed data is not fully validated yet.

Use Constraints

There are no use constraints.

Keywords

Aerosol Optical Depth

Aerosol Extinction Optical Depth

Aerosol Single Scattering Albedo

UV Aerosol Index

Visible Aerosol Index

Air Pollutant

Aerosol Layer Height

Aerosol Type

Dust

Smoke

Data Set Progress

IN WORK

Originating Center

OMI Science Team

Data Center

Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (formerly Goddard DAAC), Global Change Data Center, Earth Sciences Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA [Information]
Data Center URL: http://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/
Dataset ID: OMAERO

Data Center Personnel

Name: GES DISC HELP DESK SUPPORT GROUP
Phone: 301-614-5224
Fax: 301-614-5268
Email: gsfc-help-disc at lists.nasa.gov
Contact Address:
Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center
Code 610.2
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
City: Greenbelt
Province or State: MD
Postal Code: 20771
Country: USA

Atmospheric Composition Data Center, Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center, Global Change Data Center, Earth Sciences Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA [Information]
Data Center URL: http://disc.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/acdisc/
Dataset ID: OMAERO

Data Center Personnel

Name: ACDISC USER SUPPORT OFFICE
Phone: 301-614-5224
Fax: 301-614-5268
Email: gsfc-help-disc at lists.nasa.gov
Contact Address:
Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center
Code 610.2
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
City: Greenbelt
Province or State: MD
Postal Code: 20771
Country: USA

Distribution

Distribution_Media: FTP
Distribution_Size: Approx 35 MB per file
Distribution_Format: HDF-EOS5
Fees: None

Personnel

DEBORAH STEIN-ZWEERS, PH. D
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:
KNMI
P.O.Box 201
City: De Bilt
Province or State: AE
Postal Code: 3730
Country: NL

PEPIJN VEEFKIND, PH. D
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:
KNMI
P.O.Box 201
City: De Bilt
Province or State: AE
Postal Code: 3730
Country: NL

SURAIYA P. AHMAD, PH. D
Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT
Role: DIF AUTHOR
Phone: 301-614-5284
Email: Suraiya.Ahmad at nasa.gov
Contact Address:
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Code 610.2
City: Greenbelt
Province or State: MD
Postal Code: 20771
Country: USA

Publications/References

Ahmad, S. P., P. F. Levelt, P. K. Bhartia, E. Hilsenrath,
G. W. Leppelmeier,and J. E. Johnson, "Atmospheric Products from
the Ozone Monitoring Instrument(OMI)", Proceedings of SPIE
conference on Earth Observing Systems VIII, San Diego,
California, Aug 3-8, 2003.
http://disc.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/acdisc/ozone/docs/omi-spie-2003.doc

Brinksma, E. J., K. F. Boersma, and P. F. Levelt, OMI-Validation
Requirements, May 16, 2003.

Levelt, P.F., G.H.J. van den Oord, M.R. Dobber, A. Malkki, H. Visser, J. de
Vries, P. Stammes, J. Lundell and H. Saari, The Ozone Monitoring Instrument,
IEEE Trans. Geo. Rem. Sens., 2006, Vol. 44, No. 5, 1093-1101,
doi:10.1109/TGRS.2006.872333.

Levelt, P.F., E. Hilsenrath, G.W. Leppelmeier, G.H.J. van den Oord, P.K.
Bhartia, J. Tamminen, J.F. de Haan en J.P. Veefkind, Science Objectives of the
Ozone Monitoring Instrument, IEEE Trans. Geo. Rem. Sens., 2006, Vol. 44, No. 5,
1199-1208, doi:10.1109/TGRS.2006.872336.

Levelt, P.F., J. P. Veefkind, R. H. M. Voors, and J. de Vries,
"Instrument Description", Algorithm Theoretical Baseline Document: OMI
Instrument, Level 0 - 1B processor, Calibration & Operations,
P. F. Levelt (ed.), vol. I, ATBD-OMI-01, version 2, Aug. 2002.
http://eospso.gsfc.nasa.gov/eos_homepage/for_scientists/atbd/docs/OMI/
ATBD-OMI-01.pdf

More, J.J., The Levenberg-Marquardt algorithm: implementation and theory. In
Numerical Analysis Proceedings (Dundee, June 28 - July 1, 1977, G. A.Watson,
Editor), Lecture Notes in Mathematics 630, Springer-Verlag, 1978.

Torres, O., R. Decae, J.P. Veefkind, and G. de Leeuw, OMI Aerosol Retrieval
Algorithm, in OMI Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document: Clouds, Aerosols, and
Surface UV Irradiance, Vol. 3, version 2, (OMI-ATBD-03, P. Stammes, Ed.),
http://eospso.gsfc.nasa.gov/ eos_homepage/for_scientists/atbd/docs/OMI/ATBDOMI-
03.pdf, 2002.

Schoeberl, M.R., A.R. Douglass, E. Hilsenrath, P.K. Bhartia, R. Beer, J.W.
Waters, M.R. Gunson, L. Froidevaux, J.C. Gille, J.J. Barnett, P.F. Levelt and
P. DeCola, Overview of the EOS aura mission, IEEE Trans. Geo. Rem. Sens., 2006,
Vol. 44, No. 5, 1066-1074, doi:10.1109/TGRS.2005.861950.

Schoeberl, M.R., A.R. Douglass, E. Hilsenrath, P.K. Bhartia, J. Barnett, J. Gille,
R. Beer, M. Gunson, J. Waters, P.F. Levelt,P. DeCola, "The EOS Aura Mission," EOS,
Transactions, American Geophysical Union 85 , Number 18, 4 May 2004. [Preprint]
http://aura.gsfc.nasa.gov/project/eos-agu-aura-article.pdf

Veihelmann, B., P.F. Levelt, P. Stammes and J.P. Veefkind, Aerosol Information
Content in OMI Spectral Reflectance Measurements, submitted to ACP, 2007.

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2007-04-10

Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-04-09

[ Update this Record ]