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The Aura Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) Level-1B (L1B) Geo-located Earth View VIS Radiance, Global-Mode (OML1BRVG) Version-3 product contains geo-located Earth view spectral radiances from the VIS detector in the wavelength range of 349 to 504 nm conducted in the global measurement mode. In the standard global measurement mode, OMI observes 60 ground pixels (13 km x 24 km at nadir) across the swath (13 km x 48 km at nadir). Each file contains data from the day lit portion of an orbit (~60 minutes) and is roughly 200 MB in size. There are approximately 14 orbits per day. Once a month, in one orbit, OMI performs dark measurements, it does not perform radiance measurements. In addition, OMI performs spatial zoom measurements one day per month. For that day, this product also contains UV2 measurements that are rebinned from the spatial zoom-in measurements. In original spatial zoom mode the nadir ground pixel size is 13 x 12 km and measurements are available only for the UV2 and VIS wavelengths (306 to 432 nm). The shortname for this OMI Level-1B Product is OML1BRVG. The lead algorithm scientist for this product is Dr. Marcel Dobber from the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institude (KNMI).

The OML1BRVG files are stored in the HDF4 based EOS Hierarchical Data Format (HDF-EOS). The radiances for the earth measurements (also referred as signal) and its precision are stored as a 16-bit mantissa and an 8-bit exponent. The signal can be computed using the equation: signal = mantissa x 10^exponent. For the precision, the same exponent is used as for the signal.

Product Summary

Platforms
Aura
Instruments
OMI
Spatial Extent

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

Spatial Resolution
24 Kilometers x 13 Kilometers
Location
GLOBAL
Coordinate System
GEODETIC
Granule Spatial Representation
ORBIT
Temporal Extent
2004-10-01 to Present
Data Partner
Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (formerly Goddard DAAC), Terrestrial Information Systems Laboratory, Earth Sciences Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA (NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/TISL/GESDI
Concept ID
C1239966754-GES_DISC
Data State
ACTIVE
Number of Files/Granules
114253
Processing Level
1B
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Visible Radiance

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Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

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Dobber, M. (2007). OMI/Aura Level 1B VIS Global Geolocated Earth Shine Radiances 1-orbit L2 Swath 13x24 km V3 [Data set]. NASA Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/AURA/OMI/DATA1004 Date Accessed: 2026-05-18

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Harmonized cloud datasets for the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) and TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI) using the O2O2 477 nm absorption ... Yu, Huan, De Smedt, Isabelle, Theys, Nicolas, Sneep, Maarten, Veefkind, Pepijn, Van Roozendael, Michel Solar Irradiance, Visible Radiance, Cloud Fraction, Cloud Top Pressure
Updated OMI Glyoxal Column Measurements Using Collection 4 Level 1B Kwon, HyeongAhn, Gonzalez Abad, Gonzalo, Chan Miller, Christopher, Hall, Kirsten R., Nowlan, Caroline R., OSullivan, Ewan, Wang, Huiqun, Chong, Heesung, Ayazpour, Zolal, Liu, Xiong, Chance, Kelly Solar Irradiance, Visible Radiance, Cloud Fraction, Cloud Top Pressure
Use of machine learning and principal component analysis to retrieve nitrogen dioxide (NO2) with hyperspectral imagers and reduce noise in spectral fitting Joiner, Joanna, Marchenko, Sergey, Fasnacht, Zachary, Lamsal, Lok, Li, Can, Vasilkov, Alexander, Krotkov, Nickolay ULTRAVIOLET RADIANCE, Nitrogen Dioxide, Visible Radiance
Estimating spectral effects of absorbing aerosols on backscattered UV radiation Jethva, Hiren, Haffner, David P., Bhartia, Pawan K., Torres, Omar ULTRAVIOLET RADIANCE, Visible Radiance, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness
Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) collection 4: establishing a 17-year-long series of detrended level-1b data Kleipool, Quintus, Rozemeijer, Nico, van Hoek, Mirna, Leloux, Jonatan, Loots, Erwin, Ludewig, Antje, van der Plas, Emiel, Adrichem, Daley, Harel, Raoul, Spronk, Simon, ter Linden, Mark, Jaross, Glen, Haffner, David, Veefkind, Pepijn, Levelt, Pieternel F. ULTRAVIOLET RADIANCE, Solar Irradiance, Visible Radiance
Detection of anomalies in the UVvis reflectances from the Ozone Monitoring Instrument Gorkavyi, Nick, Fasnacht, Zachary, Haffner, David, Marchenko, Sergey, Joiner, Joanna, Vasilkov, Alexander Visible Radiance, Sulfur Dioxide, ULTRAVIOLET RADIANCE
Explicit and consistent aerosol correction for visible wavelength satellite cloud and nitrogen dioxide retrievals based on optical properties from a global ... Vasilkov, Alexander, Krotkov, Nickolay, Yang, Eun-Su, Lamsal, Lok, Joiner, Joanna, Castellanos, Patricia, Fasnacht, Zachary, Spurr, Robert Visible Radiance, Nitrogen Dioxide, Reflectance, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness
Observations by Ground-Based MAX-DOAS of the Vertical Characters of Winter Pollution and the Influencing Factors of HONO Generation in Shanghai, China Xu, Shiqi, Wang, Shanshan, Xia, Men, Lin, Hua, Xing, Chengzhi, Ji, Xiangguang, Su, Wenjing, Tan, Wei, Liu, Cheng, Hu, Qihou Visible Radiance
Calibration and Data Quality Assurance Technical Advancements for Quantitative Remote Sensing in the DRAGON 4 Project Ma, Lingling, Zhao, Yongguang, Li, Chuanrong, Goryl, Philippe, Liu, Cheng, He, Jieying, Wang, Pucai, Bouvet, Marc, Zhao, Ran, Wang, Ning, Liu, Yaokai, Gao, Caixia, Dils, Bart, Zhang, Chengxin, Chan, Ka Lok, Wang, Xinhong Visible Radiance
Synergistic use of hyperspectral uv-visible omi and broadband meteorological imager MODIS data for a merged aerosol product Go, Sujung, Kim, Jhoon, Park, Sang Seo, Kim, Mijin, Lim, Hyunkwang, Kim, Ji-Young, Lee, Dong-Won, Im, Jungho Albedo, Anisotropy, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Solar Irradiance, Visible Radiance
Validation of Aura-OMI QA4ECV NO2 climate data records with ground-based DOAS networks: the role of measurement and comparison uncertainties Compernolle, Steven, Verhoelst, Tijl, Pinardi, Gaia, Granville, Jose, Hubert, Daan, Keppens, Arno, Niemeijer, Sander, Rino, Bruno, Bais, Alkis, Beirle, Steffen, Boersma, Folkert, Burrows, John P., De Smedt, Isabelle, Eskes, Henk, Goutail, Florence, Hendrick, Francois, Lorente, Alba, Pazmino, Andrea, Piters, Ankie, Peters, Enno, Pommereau, Jean-Pierre, Remmers, Julia, Richter, Andreas, van Geffen, Jos, Van Roozendael, Michel, Wagner, Thomas, Lambert, Jean-Christopher Nitrogen Dioxide, Cloud Fraction, Cloud Top Pressure, Nitrogen Dioxide, Visible Radiance
Discrete-wavelength DOAS NO2 slant column retrievals from OMI and TROPOMI Ruiz Villena, Cristina, Anand, Jasdeep S., Leigh, Roland J., Monks, Paul S., Parfitt, Claire E., Vande Hey, Joshua D. Visible Radiance
Development and Application of HECORA Cloud Retrieval Algorithm Based On the O2-O2 477 nm Absorption Band Wang, Shuntian, Liu, Cheng, Zhang, Wenqiang, Hao, Nan, Gimeno Garcia, Sebastian, Xing, Chengzhi, Zhang, Chengxin, Su, Wenjing, Liu, Jianguo Cloud Fraction, Cloud Top Pressure, Visible Radiance
Effects of spatiotemporal O4 column densities and temperature-dependent O4 absorption cross-section on an aerosol effective height retrieval algorithm using the O4 ... Choi, Wonei, Lee, Hanlim, Kim, Jhoon, Ryu, Jae-Yong, Park, Sang Seo, Park, Junsung, Kang, Hyeongwoo Cloud Fraction, Cloud Top Pressure, Solar Irradiance, Atmospheric Ozone, Reflectance, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Visible Radiance
A Retrieval of Glyoxal from OMI over China: Investigation of the Effects of Tropospheric NO2 Wang, Yapeng, Tao, Jinhua, Cheng, Liangxiao, Yu, Chao, Wang, Zifeng, Chen, Liangfu Cloud Fraction, Cloud Top Pressure, Nitrogen Dioxide, Visible Radiance
Ship-based MAX-DOAS measurements of tropospheric NO2, SO2, and HCHO distribution along the Yangtze River Hong, Qianqian, Liu, Cheng, Chan, Ka Lok, Hu, Qihou, Xie, Zhouqing, Liu, Haoran, Si, Fuqi, Liu, Jianguo Visible Radiance
Tropospheric NO2, SO2, and HCHO over the East China Sea, using ship-based MAX-DOAS observations and comparison with OMI and OMPS satellite data Tan, Wei, Liu, Cheng, Wang, Shanshan, Xing, Chengzhi, Su, Wenjing, Zhang, Chengxin, Xia, Congzi, Liu, Haoran, Cai, Zhaonan, Liu, Jianguo Visible Radiance
Aerosol-type retrieval and uncertainty quantification from OMI data Kauppi, Anu, Kolmonen, Pekka, Laine, Marko, Tamminen, Johanna Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Solar Irradiance, Visible Radiance, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Fraction, Cloud Top Pressure, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, ULTRAVIOLET RADIANCE
In-flight performance of the Ozone Monitoring Instrument Schenkeveld, V. M. Erik, Jaross, Glen, Marchenko, Sergey, Haffner, David, Kleipool, Quintus L., Rozemeijer, Nico C., Veefkind, J. Pepijn, Levelt, Pieternel F. Visible Radiance, ULTRAVIOLET RADIANCE, Solar Irradiance, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Atmospheric Ozone, Reflectance, Cloud Fraction, Cloud Top Pressure
Characterization of ozone in the lower troposphere during the 2016 G20 conference in Hangzhou Su, Wenjing, Liu, Cheng, Hu, Qihou, Fan, Guangqiang, Xie, Zhouqing, Huang, Xin, Zhang, Tianshu, Chen, Zhenyi, Dong, Yunsheng, Ji, Xiangguang, Liu, Haoran, Wang, Zhuang, Liu, Jianguo Carbon And Hydrocarbon Compounds, Visible Radiance
An improved retrieval of tropospheric NO2 from space over polluted regions using an Earth radiance reference Anand, J. S., Monks, P. S., Leigh, R. J. Cloud Fraction, Cloud Top Pressure, Solar Irradiance, Nitrogen Dioxide, Visible Radiance
Observation of slant column NO2 using the super-zoom mode of AURA-OMI Valin, L. C., Russell, A. R., Bucsela, E. J., Veefkind, J. P., Cohen, R. C. Visible Radiance
Data processing and in-flight calibration systems for OMI-EOS-Aura van den Oord, G. H. J., Dobber, M., van de Vegte, J., van der Neut, I., Som de Cerff, W., Rozemeijer, N. C., Schenkelaars, V., ter Linden, M. Solar Irradiance, Visible Radiance, ULTRAVIOLET RADIANCE
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