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Description

The OMPS-NPP L2 LP Aerosol Extinction Vertical Profile swath daily 3slit (AER) product contains the retrieved aerosol extinction coefficients measured by the Ozone Mapping and Profiling Suite (OMPS) Limb-Profiler (LP) sensor on the Suomi-NPP satellite. The AER product measures stratospheric aerosol abundance and evolution at 6 wavelengths (510, 600, 675, 745, 869 and 997 nm) to complement the OMPS LP measurements of stratospheric and mesospheric profile ozone. This product replaces the previous single wavelength 675 nm (AER675) product.

Each granule contains data from the daylight portion of each orbit measured for a full day. Spatial coverage is global (-90 to 90 degrees latitude), and there are about 14.5 orbits per day each measuring three limb profiles spaced approximately 250 km in the cross-track direction. The profiles are measured from the ground up to about 80 km with a vertical resolution of the retrieved profiles of approximately 1.8 km.

The files are written using the Hierarchical Data Format Version 5 or HDF5.

Version Description

Version 2.1 is the current version of this data product, and supersedes all previous versions. Please see the README document for detailed description and differences for this and previous versions. Version 2 - doi:10.5067/CX2B9NW6FI27 v2.1 released 2022-05-18 - Data Coverage 2012/02/07 to current v2.0 released 2020-07-15 - Data Coverage: 2012/02/07 to 2022/05/18 Version 1.5 doi:10.5067/GZJJYA7L0YW2 - released 21 Feb 2019 - Data coverage: 2012/02/07 to 2020/07/15. The particle size distribution used in the retrieval algorithm has been revised to follow model simulations that closely reproduce long-term balloon measurements, which reduces the error in the retrieved extinction profiles. The aerosol extinction coefficient data quality compares well with concurrent measurements from the SAGE III instrument on the International Space Station during 2017. Version 1 - doi:10.5067/2CB3QR9SMA3F - released 31 Jan 2017 - Data coverage: 2012/02/07 to 2019/02/08. First public release of this data product.

Product Summary

Platforms
Suomi-NPP
Instruments
OMPS
Projects
NPP-JPSS
Spatial Extent

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

Location
GLOBAL ,
STRATOSPHERE ,
Troposphere
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
2012-02-07 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
C1898401389-GES_DISC
Data State
ACTIVE
Number of Files/Granules
5038
Processing Level
2
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Aerosol Extinction

Citation

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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Ghassan Taha, A. R. L. (2020). OMPS-NPP L2 LP Aerosol Extinction Vertical Profile swath daily 3slit V2 [Dataset]. NASA Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/CX2B9NW6FI27 Date Accessed: 2026-10-02

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