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OMI/Aura Aerosol product Multi-wavelength Algorithm Zoomed 1-Orbit L2 Swath 13x12km V003 (OMAEROZ) at GES DISC

Entry ID: GES_DISC_OMAEROZ_V003

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Summary

Abstract: The reprocessed OMI/Aura Level-2 Zoomed Aerosol data product OMAEROZ at 13x12 km resolution has been made available from the NASA Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center(http://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/Aura/OMI/omaeroz_v003.shtml ) for the public access in March 2012.
There are two Level-2 Aura OMI aerosol products OMAERO and OMAERUV. The OMAERUV product uses the near-UV algorithm. ... The OMAERO (13x24 km resolution) and OMAEROZ (13x12 km resolution)is based on the multi-wavelength algorithm that uses up to 20 wavelength bands between 331 nm and 500 nm. The multi-wavelength 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 OMAEROZ products contain Aerosol Optical Depths, Single Scattering Albedo, Aerosol Type, Aerosol Layer Height, and other intermediate and ancillary parameters and geolocation informations.

OMAEROZ files are stored in EOS Hierarchical Data Format (HDF-EOS5). Each file contains data from the day lit portion of an orbit (~53 minutes). OMAEROZ data files are based on Zoomed Level 1B radiance observations which are made once a month. Thus there is one day of zoomed data (approximately 14 orbits) per month. The maximum file size for the OMAEROZ data is about 11 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 Readme document containing brief algorithm description and known data quality related issues and file spec are provided by the OMAERO Algorithm lead (see documents available from OMI product site http://disc.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/Aura/data-holdings/OMI/omaeroz_v003.s...

The Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) launched on NASA Aura satellite in July 2004, has been providing daily global measurements of clouds, atmospheric pollutants (Ozone, Nitrogen dioxide, Sulfur-dioxide, HCHO and Aerosols from biomass burning and industrial emissions), BrO and OClO for tracking ozone depletion and surface UV irradiance. OMI is a contribution of the Netherlands Space Office (NSO) in collaboration with Finish Meteorological 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/ and http://www.knmi.nl/omi/research/documents/

For the full set of Aura products available from the GES DISC, please visit: http://disc.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/Aura/index.shtml

Atmospheric Composition data from Aura and other satellite sensors can be ordered from the following sites:
http://mirador.gsfc.nasa.gov/

Related URL

Link: GET DATA > 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: Pepin Veefkind, Ph.D

Dataset Title: OMI/Aura Aerosol product Multi-wavelength Algorithm Zoomed 1-Orbit L2 Swath 13x12km

Dataset Series Name: OMAEROZ

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/omaeroz_v003.shtml

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 2004-10-01

Location Keywords

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL

Data Resolution

Latitude Resolution: 13 km
Longitude Resolution: 12 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 > AEROSOLS > AEROSOL EXTINCTION > AEROSOL EXTINCTION OPTICAL DEPTH

ATMOSPHERE > AEROSOLS > AEROSOL EXTINCTION > AEROSOL SINGLE SCATTERING ALBEDO

ISO Topic Category

ENVIRONMENT

HEALTH

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 This data is based on an improved V003 algorithm. However, this product is not fully validated yet. Before using it in any publication please check the data quality issues, current known problems and updates available from GES DISC OMAEROZ product web page
http://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/Aura/OMI/omaeroz_v003.shtml

Use Constraints No use constraints.

Ancillary Keywords

Aerosol Optical Depth

Aerosol Extinction Optical Depth

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

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

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 10 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. [Full-Text] http://disc.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/acdisc/ozone/docs/omi-spie-2003.doc

Curier, R. L., J. P. Veefkind, R. Braak, B. Veihelmann, ...

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Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2012-02-22

Last DIF Revision Date: 2013-04-29

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