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Description

This Nimbus-7 Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) version 8 monthly averaged global gridded data product contains UV aerosol index values. The data are mapped to a global grid of size 180 x 288 with a lat-long resolution of 1.00 x 1.25 degrees. These data are stored in an ASCII format.

The TOMS data were produced by the Laboratory for Atmospheres at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (Code 614).

Product Summary

Platforms
Nimbus-7
Instruments
TOMS
Spatial Extent

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

Location
GLOBAL ,
STRATOSPHERE ,
Troposphere
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
1978-11-01 to 1993-04-30
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
C1237114217-GES_DISC
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
173
Processing Level
3
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness

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.

Copy Citation

TOMS Science Team. (2004). TOMS Nimbus-7 UV Aerosol Index Monthly L3 Global 1 deg x 1.25 deg Lat/Lon Grid V008 [Data set]. NASA Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/TOMS/N7/8313 Date Accessed: 2026-01-19

Documents

USER'S GUIDE

ALGORITHM THEORETICAL BASIS DOCUMENT (ATBD)

PRODUCT HISTORY