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As part of the NASA's Making Earth System Data Records for Use in Research Environments (MEaSUREs) program, this projects describes a multi-decadal Fundamental Climate Data Record (FCDR) of calibrated radiances as well as an Earth System Data Record (ESDR) of aerosol properties over the continents derived from a 32-year record of satellite near-UV observations by three sensors.

The Corpenicus Sentinel-5P TROPOMI Near UV (version 1) Aerosol Optical Depth and Single Scattering Albedo data product consists of aerosol absorption optical depth, aerosol total optical depth, aerosol layer height, aerosol UV index, and aerosol single scattering albedo at approximately 7.5kmx3km. This product also contains ancillary data for ocean corrected surface albedo and terrain pressure.

Data since July 19, 2022 (orbit 24688) has been processed with the most recent calibrated L1B radiance data (version 2.0.1). Data prior to July 19, 2022, data was processed with version 2.0.0 L1B radiances. Soon, the entire record will be reprocessed using version 2.0.1 L1B data. Any upgrades will be posted here.

These Level-2 data are stored in the NetCDF-4 format and are available from the Goddard Earth Sciences (GES) Data and Information Services Center (DISC).

Product Summary

Platforms
Sentinel-5P
Instruments
TROPOMI
Spatial Extent

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

Spatial Resolution
3 Kilometers x 7.5 Kilometers
Location
GLOBAL
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
GEODETIC
Temporal Extent
2018-04-30 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
C2152047233-GES_DISC
Data State
ACTIVE
Number of Files/Granules
41529
Processing Level
2
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Aerosol Extinction ,
Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness ,
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.

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Torres, O. (2022). TROPOMI/Sentinel-5P Near UV Aerosol Optical Depth and Single Scattering Albedo L2 1-Orbit Snapshot 7.5 km x 3 km V1 [Data set]. NASA Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/MEASURES/AER/DATA204 Date Accessed: 2026-05-31

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TROPOMI-Based PM2.5 Estimates and Their Evaluation During a High-Pollution Event in Germany Handschuh, Jana, Baier, Frank, Molina Garcia, Victor, Friedl, Peter, Loyola, Diego Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness
Atmospheric HONO Observed Over Global Biomass Burning Regions Using Theys, N., Yu, H., Franco, B., Clarisse, L., Volkamer, R., Cha, H., Kim, J., De Smedt, I., Stavrakou, T., van Gent, J., Van Roozendael, M. Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Fire Dynamics, Surface Radiative Properties, Land Surface Temperature
Using AOD and UVAI to reduce the uncertainties in wildfire emission and air quality modeling Li, Yunyao, Tong, Daniel, Jeon, Yeseul, Lee, Benjamin Seiyon, Park, Jaewoo, Kondragunta, Shobha, Zhang, Xiaoyang, Siripun, Naphat, Song, Stephanie, Mehta, Charu, Chen, Jenny Zhao Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness
Multi-platform observations and constraints reveal overlooked urban sources of black carbon in Xuzhou and Dhaka Tiwari, Pravash, Cohen, Jason Blake, Lu, Lingxiao, Wang, Shuo, Li, Xiaolu, Guan, Luoyao, Liu, Zhewen, Li, Zhengqiang, Qin, Kai Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness
Measurement report: Assessing the impacts of emission uncertainty on aerosol optical properties and radiative forcing from biomass burning in peninsular ... Jin, Yinbao, Liu, Yiming, Lu, Xiao, Chen, Xiaoyang, Shen, Ao, Wang, Haofan, Cui, Yinping, Xu, Yifei, Li, Siting, Liu, Jian, Zhang, Ming, Ma, Yingying, Fan, Qi Carbonaceous Aerosols, Nitrogen Oxides, Particulates, Hydrogen Cyanide, Emissions, Non-methane Hydrocarbons/Volatile Organic Compounds, Particulate Matter, Fire Occurrence, Nitrogen Oxides, Sulfur Dioxide, Carbon And Hydrocarbon Compounds, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness
A Bayesian Framework to Quantify Uncertainty in Aerosol Optical Model Selection Applied to TROPOMI Measurements Kauppi, Anu, Kukkurainen, Antti, Lipponen, Antti, Laine, Marko, Arola, Antti, Lindqvist, Hannakaisa, Tamminen, Johanna Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness
Aerosol Shortwave Radiative Heating and Cooling by the 2017 and 2023 de Graaf, Martin, Tilstra, L. Gijsbert, Stammes, Piet Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Aerosol Backscatter, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Angstrom Exponent, Aerosol Particle Properties, Aerosol Radiance, Carbonaceous Aerosols, Cloud Condensation Nuclei, Dust/Ash/Smoke, Nitrate Particles, Organic Particles, Particulate Matter, Sulfate Particles, Optical Depth/Thickness, Radiative Flux, Reflectance
Analyzing the Impact of Evolving Combustion Conditions on the Anderson, Lindsey D., Dix, Barbara, Schnell, Jordan, Yokelson, Robert, Veefkind, J. Pepijn, Ahmadov, Ravan, de Gouw, Joost Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness
Systematic Evaluation of Four Satellite AOD Datasets for Estimating PM2.5 Using a Random Forest Approach Handschuh, Jana, Erbertseder, Thilo, Baier, Frank Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness
A High-Precision Aerosol Retrieval Algorithm (HiPARA) for Advanced Himawari Imager (AHI) dataDevelopment and verification Su, Xin, Wang, Lunche, Zhang, Ming, Qin, Wenmin, Bilal, Muhammad Albedo, Anisotropy, Reflectance, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness
TROPOMI aerosol products: evaluation and observations of synoptic-scale carbonaceous aerosol plumes during 20182020 Torres, Omar, Jethva, Hiren, Ahn, Changwoo, Jaross, Glen, Loyola, Diego G. Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness
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