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OMI/Aura Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) Total Column Daily L3 Best Pixel Global 0.25deg Lat/Lon Grid V003 (OMSO2e) at GES DISC

Entry ID: GES_DISC_OMSO2e_V003

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Summary

Abstract: The OMI/Aura Level-3e SO2 Data Product OMSO2e (Version 003) is now available from the NASA Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (GES DISC) for public access (http://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/Aura/OMI/omso2e_v003.shtml)

The Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) was launched aboard the EOS-Aura satellite on July 15, 2004 (1:38 pm equator crossing time, ascending mode). OMI, ...

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Link: GET DATA > MIRADOR

Description: Access OMI Level 3 SO2 data from MIRADOR.

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 90.0

S: -90.0

E: 180.0

W: -180.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: OMI SIPS

Dataset Title: OMI/Aura Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) Total Column Daily L3 Best Pixel Global 0.25deg Lat/Lon Grid

Dataset Series Name: OMSO2e

Dataset Release Date: April 2012

Dataset Release Place: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Version: 003

Data Presentation Form: Digital Science Data

Online Resource: http://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/Aura/OMI/omso2e_v003.shtml

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 2004-10-01

Location Keywords

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL

Data Resolution

Latitude Resolution: 25 km
Longitude Resolution: 25 km
Horizontal Resolution Range: 10 km - < 50 km or approximately .09 degree - < .5 degree
Vertical Resolution: Approx 80 km (atmospheric column)
Vertical Resolution Range: Vertical Resolution Ranges
Temporal Resolution: Approx 1 hour (day time orbit)
Temporal Resolution Range: Hourly - < Daily

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE > AIR QUALITY > SULFUR OXIDES

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY > TRACE GASES/TRACE SPECIES

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Platform

AURA > Aura

Instrument

OMI > Ozone Monitoring Instrument

Project

EOSDIS > Earth Observing System Data Information System

ESIP > Earth Science Information Partners Program

AURA > Earth Observing System (EOS), AURA

CWIC > CEOS WGISS Integrated Catalog

Quality The 'version 003' product is the second public release. It is based on improved radiance calibration. For details, please see document: http://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/Aura/OMI/omso2e_v003.shtml

Use Constraints This Data set (version 003/second public release) is better than the earlier version but it is not fully validated yet. Before using it in any publication please contact algorithm team lead for the current known problems and updates.
http://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/Aura/OMI/omso2e_v003.shtml

Ancillary Keywords

Atmospheric Chemistry

Total Column Sulfer Dioxide (SO2)

Pollutant

EOSDIS

Originating Center

OMI SIPS

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

Data Center URL: http://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/
Dataset ID: OMSO2e

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

Distribution

Distribution Media: FTP

Distribution Size: Approx 5 MB per file

Distribution Format: HDF-EOS5

Fees: None

Personnel

NICKOLAY A KROTKOV, PH. D

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Phone: 301-614-5553

Fax: 301-614-5903

Email: Nickolay.A.Krotkov at nasa.gov

Contact Address:

NASA

Goddard Space Flight Center

Mailstop 613.3

City: Greenbelt

Province or State: MD

Postal Code: 20771

Country: USA

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.

Bogumil, K., J. Orphal, T. Homann, S. Voigt, P. Spietz, O.C. Fleischmann, A. Vogel, M. Hartmann, H. Kromminga, H. Bovensmann, J. Frerick, J.P. Burrows, Measurements of molecular absorption spectra with the SCIAMACHY pre-flight model: instrument characterization and reference data for atmospheric remote-sensing in the 230-2380nm region, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology, A:Chemistry, 157 , 167-184, 2003.

Krotkov, N.A., S.A. Carn, A.J. Krueger, P.K. Bhartia, and K. Yang (2005). Band residual difference algorithm for retrieval of SO2 from the Aura Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI). IEEE Trans.Geosci. Remote Sensing, AURA special issue, 44(5), 1259-1266, doi:10.1109/TGRS.2005.861932, 2006

Krueger,A. J., N. A. Krotkov, S. Datta, D. Flittner, and O. Dubovik, SO2, in Algorithm Theoretical Baseline Document: OMI Trace Gas Algorithms, K. Chance (ed.), vol. IV, ATBD-OMI-04, version 2.0, Aug. 2002.

Krueger, A.J., L.S. Walter, P.K. Bhartia, C.C. Schnetzler, N.A. Krotkov, I. Sprod, and G.J.S. Bluth(1995). Volcanic sulfur dioxide measurements from the total ozone mapping spectrometer instruments. J. Geophys. Res., 100(D7), 14057-14076, 10.1029/95JD01222.

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/sites/default/files/atbd/ATBD-OMI-01.pdf

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.

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DIF Creation Date: 2011-06-15

Last DIF Revision Date: 2013-04-29

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