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The OMI science team produces this Level-3 Aura/OMI Global OMSO2e Data Products (0.25 degree Latitude/Longitude grids). In this Level-3 daily global SO2 data product, each grid contains only one observation of Total Column Density of SO2 from the GEOS-5 profile, based on an improved Principal Component Analysis (PCA) Algorithm. This single observation is the "best pixel", selected from all "good" L2 pixels of OMSO2 that overlap this grid and have UTC time between UTC times of 00:00:00 and 23:59:59.999. In addition to the SO2 Vertical column value some ancillary parameters, e.g., cloud fraction, terrain height, scene number, solar and satellite viewing angles, row anomaly flags, and quality flags have been also made available corresponding to the best selected SO2 data pixel in each grid.

The OMSO2e files are stored in the version 5 EOS Hierarchical Data Format (HDF-EOS5) using the grid model.

Product Summary

Platforms
Aura
Instruments
OMI
Spatial Extent

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

Location
GLOBAL
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
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
C3756242136-GES_DISC
Data State
ACTIVE
Number of Files/Granules
7861
Processing Level
3
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Sulfur Dioxide

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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Krotkov, N. A., Li, C., & Leonard, P. (2025). OMI/Aura Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) Total Column Daily L3 1 Day Best Pixel in 0.25 degree x 0.25 degree [Data set]. NASA Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/AURA/OMI/DATA3408 Date Accessed: 2026-05-19

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Hybrid Model Resolved Impacts of COVID19 Lockdowns on PM
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Sources in Bhopal, India: Role of Meteorology, Secondary Inorganic Aerosols, and Crop Residue Burning 		Pullokaran, Delwin, Sunder Raman, Ramya, Bhardwaj, Ankur, Haswani, Diksha, Shukla, Deeksha Sulfur Dioxide
From brown to green? The displacement effect of coal-fired power plant closures in China Fan, Yi, Gao, Qiuxia, Tang, Cheng Keat Sulfur Dioxide
Long-term trends and chemometric analysis of atmospheric air quality matrices in Nigeria (20032023) using NASA GIOVANNI satellite data Omokpariola, Daniel Omeodisemi, Nduka, John Kanayochukwu, Anagboso, Martin Osita, Omokpariola, Patrick Leonard Absorption, Radiative Forcing, Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide, Tropopause, Surface Pressure, Air Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Emissivity, Sea Surface Temperature, Skin Temperature, Carbon Monoxide, Geopotential Height, Humidity, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Methane, Atmospheric Ozone, Sulfur Dioxide, Carbon And Hydrocarbon Compounds, Nitrogen Dioxide, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Atmospheric Ozone, Reflectance, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness
Air quality trends and regimes in South Korea inferred from 20152023 surface and satellite observations Oak, Yujin J., Jacob, Daniel J., Pendergrass, Drew C., Dang, Ruijun, Colombi, Nadia K., Chong, Heesung, Lee, Seoyoung, Kuk, Su Keun, Kim, Jhoon Sulfur Dioxide, Nitrogen Dioxide, Carbon And Hydrocarbon Compounds
Spatiotemporal variations of wet and dry Sulfur deposition in Yangtze Jiang, Yixuan, Zhang, Xiuying, Dong, Jiaqi, Zhang, Liuzhen, Hu, Chenglin Sulfur Dioxide
Impact of the Suspension of a Metallurgical Complex: SO2 Analysis and Vegetation Restoration Through Remote Sensing Cano, Deyvis, Penaloza, Richard, Cacciuttolo, Carlos, Kuplich, Tatiana Mora, Ramirez, Damaso W., Suarez-Salas, Luis Sulfur Dioxide
Nucleation mode aerosol particles estimation using satellite-based proxies over western Himalayan region, Uttarakhand, India Singh, Karan, Gautam, Alok Sagar, Kumar, Sanjeev Ultraviolet Radiation, Solar Irradiance, Nitrogen Dioxide, Sulfur Dioxide, Nitrogen Dioxide
Nationwide decline of wet sulfur deposition in China from 2013 to 2023 Xi, Yue, Wang, Qiufeng, Zhu, Jianxing, Hao, Tianxiang, Zhang, Qiongyu, Chen, Yanran, Tai, Zihan, Lin, Quanhong, Wang, Hao Sulfur Dioxide
Natural and continental influence on aerosol distributions over the northwestern Pacific Ocean in the late winter and early spring of 2021 Miyakawa, Takuma, Kinase, Takeshi, Kurisu, Minako, Taniguchi, Kyoko, Katsumata, Masaki, Takashima, Hisahiro, Taketani, Fumikazu, Kanaya, Yugo Sulfur Dioxide
Impact of Ultra-Low Emission Technology of Thermal Power Plants on Air Quality in China Zhu, Wenda, Li, Nan, Li, Jiandong, Qu, Senhu, Tang, Keqin, Xu, Yang, Chang, Fengyi Nitrogen Dioxide, Sulfur Dioxide
High aerosol loading over the Bohai Sea: Long-term trend, potential sources, and impacts on surrounding cities Li, Linxuan, Bi, Xiaohui, Wang, Xuehan, Song, Lilai, Dai, Qili, Liu, Baoshuang, Wu, Jianhui, Zhang, Yufen, Feng, Yinchang Nitrogen Dioxide, Sulfur Dioxide, Aerosols, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Angstrom Exponent, Aerosol Particle Properties, Carbonaceous Aerosols, Dust/Ash/Smoke, Organic Particles, Sulfate Particles, Sulfur Oxides, Sulfur Compounds, Sulfate, Sulfur Oxides, Particulate Matter, Dimethyl Sulfide, Black Carbon, Sea Salt, PARTICULATE MATTER (PM 2.5), PARTICULATE MATTER (PM 10), PARTICULATE MATTER (PM 1.0)
Impacts of irregular and strategic lockdown on air quality over Indo-Pak Subcontinent: Pre-to-post COVID-19 analysis Saleem, Farhan, Hina, Saadia, Ullah, Irfan, Habib, Ammara, Hina, Alina, Ilyas, Sana, Hamid, Muhammad Atmospheric Ozone, Nitrogen Dioxide, Sulfur Dioxide
Satellite or ground-based measurements for air pollutants (PM2.5, PM10, SO2, NO2, O3) data and their health hazards: which is most accurate and why? Mushtaq, Zainab, Bangotra, Pargin, Gautam, Alok Sagar, Sharma, Manish, Suman, Gautam, Sneha, Singh, Karan, Kumar, Yogesh, Jain, Poonam Nitrogen Dioxide, Aerosols, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Angstrom Exponent, Aerosol Particle Properties, Carbonaceous Aerosols, Dust/Ash/Smoke, Organic Particles, Sulfate Particles, Sulfur Oxides, Sulfur Compounds, Sulfate, Sulfur Dioxide, Sulfur Oxides, Particulate Matter, Dimethyl Sulfide, Black Carbon, Sea Salt, PARTICULATE MATTER (PM 2.5), PARTICULATE MATTER (PM 1.0), PARTICULATE MATTER (PM 10)
Identification of NO2 and SO2 over China: Characterization of polluted and hotspots Provinces Ali, Md. Arfan, Assiri, Mazen E., Islam, M. Nazrul, Bilal, Muhamad, Ghulam, Ayman, Huang, Zhongwei Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Sulfur Dioxide
Recent PM2.5 air quality improvements in India benefited from meteorological variation Xie, Yuanyu, Zhou, Mi, Hunt, Kieran M. R., Mauzerall, Denise L. Nitrogen Dioxide, Sulfur Dioxide
Quantifying the indirect effects of different air pollutants on crop yields in North China Plain Lu, Chenxi, Leng, Guoyong, Yu, Linfei Nitrogen Dioxide, Atmospheric Ozone, Sulfur Dioxide, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness
Addressing Global Environmental Challenges to Mental Health Using Population Neuroscience: A Review Schumann, Gunter, Andreassen, Ole A., Banaschewski, Tobias, Calhoun, Vince D., Clinton, Nicholas, Desrivieres, Sylvane, Brandlistuen, Ragnhild Eek, Feng, Jianfeng, Hese, Soeren, Hitchen, Esther, Hoffmann, Per, Jia, Tianye, Jirsa, Viktor, Marquand, Andre F., Nees, Frauke, Nothen, Markus M., Novarino, Gaia, Polemiti, Elli, Ralser, Markus, Rapp, Michael, Schepanski, Kerstin, Schikowski, Tamara, Slater, Mel, Sommer, Peter, Stahl, Bernd Carsten, Thompson, Paul M., Twardziok, Sven, van der Meer, Dennis, Walter, Henrik, Westlye, Lars, Heinz, Andreas, Lett, Tristram, Vaidya, Nilakshi, Serin, Emin, Neidhart, Maja, Jentsch, Marcel, Eils, Roland, Taron, Ulrike-Helene, Schutz, Tatjana, Banks, James Richard, Meyer-Lindenberg, Andreas, Tost, Heike, Holz, Nathalie, Schwarz, Emanuel, Stringaris, Argyris, Christmann, Nina, Jansone, Karina, Siehl, Sebastian, Ask, Helga, Fernandez-Cabello, Sara, Kjelkenes, Rikka, Tschorn, Mira, Bottger, Sarah Jane, Bernas, Antoine, Marr, Lena, Feixas Viapiana, Guillem, Eiroa-Orosa, Francisco Jose, Gallego, Jaime, Pastor, Alvaro, Forstner, Andreas J., Claus, Isabelle, Miller, Abigail, Heilmann-Heimbach, Stefanie, Boye, Mona, Wilbertz, Johannes, Schmitt, Karen, Petkoski, Spase, Pitel, Severine, Otten, Lisa, Athanasiadis, Anastasios-Polykarpos, Pearmund, Charlie, Spanlang, Bernhard, Alvarez, Elena, Sanchez, Mavi, Giner, Arantxa, Renner, Paul, Gong, Yanting, Dai, Yuxiang, Xia, Yunman, Chang, Xiao, Liu, Jingyu, Young, Allan, Ogoh, George Nitrogen Dioxide, Sulfur Dioxide, Land Use/Land Cover Classification
Integration of Satellite Monitoring and Mathematical Modeling in Analyzing the Nature of Elevated Sulfur Dioxide Concentrations in the Surface Air of Northern Finland Dryukova, E. D., Nerobelov, G. M., Sedeeva, M. S., Kiselev, A. V., Mahura, A. G., Gorny, V. I. Sulfur Dioxide
Modeling the atmospheric dispersion of SO2 from Mount Nyiragongo Opio, Ronald, Mugume, Isaac, Nakatumba-Nabende, Joyce, Mbogga, Michael Sulfur Dioxide
Remote Sensing Surveillance of NO2, SO2, CO, and AOD along the Suez Gamal, Gamil, Abdeldayem, Omar M., Elattar, Hoda, Hendy, Salma, Gabr, Mohamed Elsayed, Mostafa, Mohamed K. Nitrogen Dioxide, Sulfur Dioxide
Trace gases over land and ocean surfaces of China: hotspots, trends, and source contributions Ali, Md. Arfan, Wang, Yu, Bilal, Muhammad, Assiri, Mazen E., Islam, Abu Reza Md Towfiqul, Malafaia, Guilherme, Huang, Zhongwei, Mhawish, Alaa, Islam, M. Nazrul, Qiu, Zhongfeng, Ahmed, Rayees, Almazroui, Mansour Nitrogen Dioxide, Sulfur Dioxide
The spatial dynamics of Ukraine air quality impacted by the war and pandemic Malarvizhi, Anusha Srirenganathan, Liu, Qian, Trefonides, Theodore S., Hasheminassab, Sina, Smith, Jennifer, Huang, Thomas, Marlis, Kevin M., Roberts, Joe T., Wang, Zifu, Sha, Dexuan, Beatriz Moura Pereira, Ana, Podar, Heramb, Cain, Jacob, Yang, Chaowei Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Atmospheric Ozone, Reflectance, Nitrogen Dioxide, Sulfur Dioxide
Spatio-temporal dynamics of air pollution and the delineation of hotspots in the Lao People's Democratic Republic Nitrogen Dioxide, Atmospheric Ozone, Sulfur Dioxide, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness
Seasonal changes in air pollutants and their relation to vegetation over the megacity Delhi national capital region Rani, Archana, Kumar, Manoj Nitrogen Dioxide, Sulfur Dioxide, Aerosols, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Angstrom Exponent, Aerosol Particle Properties, Carbonaceous Aerosols, Dust/Ash/Smoke, Organic Particles, Sulfate Particles, Sulfur Oxides, Sulfur Compounds, Sulfate, Sulfur Oxides, Particulate Matter, Dimethyl Sulfide, Black Carbon, Sea Salt, PARTICULATE MATTER (PM 2.5), PARTICULATE MATTER (PM 10), PARTICULATE MATTER (PM 1.0), Atmospheric Carbon Monoxide, Carbon Monoxide, Atmospheric Ozone
COVID-19 lockdown closures of emissions sources in India: Lessons for air quality and climate policy Tibrewal, Kushal, Venkataraman, Chandra Nitrogen Dioxide, Sulfur Dioxide
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