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The Aura Ozone Monitoring Instrument level-2 near UV Aerosol data product OMAERUV (Version 004) is available from the NASA Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (GES DISC) for the public access. The OMAERUV retrieval algorithm is developed by the US OMI Team Scientists. Dr. Omar Torres (GSFC/NASA) is the principal investigator of this product. The OMAERUV product contains Aerosol Optical Depth, Aerosol Single Scattering Albedo, Absorption Optical Depth, UV Aerosol Index, and Aerosol Optical Depth over clouds at three wavelengths (354, 388, and 500 nm), and other ancillary and geolocation parameters, in the OMI field of view (13x24 km).

The OMAERUV files are stored in the version 4.0 Network Common Data Form (NetCDF). Each file contains data from the day lit portion of an orbit (~53 minutes). There are approximately 14 orbits per day. The maximum file size for the OMAERUV data product is about 17 Mbytes.

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
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
GEODETIC
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
C3185856256-GES_DISC
Data State
ACTIVE
Number of Files/Granules
111609
Processing Level
2
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Aerosol Extinction ,
Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness

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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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Torres, O. O. (2024). OMI/Aura Near UV Aerosol Optical Depth and Single Scattering Albedo 1-orbit L2 Swath 13x24 km v4 [Data set]. NASA Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/AURA/OMI/DATA2404 Date Accessed: 2026-05-27

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Rapid increase in summer surface ozone over the North China Plain during 20132019: a side effect of particulate matter reduction control? Ma, Xiaodan, Huang, Jianping, Zhao, Tianliang, Liu, Cheng, Zhao, Kaihui, Xing, Jia, Xiao, Wei Surface Pressure, Heat Flux, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Air Temperature, Specific Humidity, Evapotranspiration, Wind Speed, Rain, Snow, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Temperature, Land Surface Temperature, Snow Cover, Snow Depth, Snow Water Equivalent, Runoff, Nitrogen Dioxide, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Skin Temperature, Water Vapor, Precipitation Rate, Snow/Ice, Evaporation, Latent Heat Flux, Latent Heat Flux, Sensible Heat Flux, Diffusion, Surface Winds, U/V Wind Components, Wind Stress, Wind Stress, Surface Roughness, Planetary Boundary Layer Height, Ice Fraction
Identification of NO2 and SO2 pollution hotspots and sources in Jiangsu Province of China Wang, Yu, Ali, Md. Arfan, Bilal, Muhammad, Qiu, Zhongfeng, Mhawish, Alaa, Almazroui, Mansour, Shahid, Shamsuddin, Islam, M. Nazrul, Zhang, Yuanzhi, Haque, Md. Nazmul Nitrogen Dioxide, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Sulfur Dioxide
Improved air quality during COVID-19 at an urban megacity over the Indo-Gangetic Basin: from stringent to relaxed lockdown phases Srivastava, Atul K., Bhoyar, Priyanka D., Kanawade, Vijay P., Devara, Panuganti C.S., Thomas, Abin, Soni, Vijay K. Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness
Review of dust storm detection algorithms for multispectral satellite sensors Li, Jing, Wong, Man Sing, Lee, Kwon Ho, Nichol, Janet, Chan, P.W. Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness
On the build-up of dust aerosols and possible indirect effect during Arya, V B, Surendran, Sajani, Rajendran, Kavirajan Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness
Impacts of Two East Asian Atmospheric Circulation Modes on Black Carbon Yuan, Tiangang, Chen, Siyu, Wang, Lin, Yang, Yaoxian, Bi, Hongru, Zhang, Xiaorui, Zhang, Yue Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness
Measurements to determine the mixing state of black carbon emitted from the 20172018 California wildfires and urban Los Angeles Ko, Joseph, Krasowsky, Trevor, Ban-Weiss, George Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Atmospheric Ozone
Merging regional and global aerosol optical depth records from major available satellite products Sogacheva, Larisa, Popp, Thomas, Sayer, Andrew M., Dubovik, Oleg, Garay, Michael J., Heckel, Andreas, Hsu, N. Christina, Jethva, Hiren, Kahn, Ralph A., Kolmonen, Pekka, Kosmale, Miriam, de Leeuw, Gerrit, Levy, Robert C., Litvinov, Pavel, Lyapustin, Alexei, North, Peter, Torres, Omar, Arola, Antti Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Angstrom Exponent, Optical Depth/Thickness, Aerosol Backscatter, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Particle Properties, Aerosol Radiance, Carbonaceous Aerosols, Cloud Condensation Nuclei, Dust/Ash/Smoke, Nitrate Particles, Organic Particles, Particulate Matter, Sulfate Particles, Trace Gases/Trace Species, Atmospheric Emitted Radiation, Emissivity, Radiative Flux, Reflectance, Transmittance, Atmospheric Stability, Humidity, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Condensation Nuclei, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Asymmetry, Cloud Ceiling, Cloud Frequency, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Cloud Emissivity, Cloud Radiative Forcing, Cloud Reflectance, Rain Storms, Atmospheric Ozone
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
What caused severe air pollution episode of November 2016 in New Delhi? Kanawade, V.P., Srivastava, A.K., Ram, K., Asmi, E., Vakkari, V., Soni, V.K., Varaprasad, V., Sarangi, C. Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Nitrogen Dioxide
Vertical distribution of smoke aerosols over upper Indo-Gangetic Plain Vinjamuri, K.S., Mhawish, Alaa, Banerjee, Tirthankar, Sorek-Hamer, Meytar, Broday, David M., Mall, Rajesh K., Latif, Mohd Talib Nitrogen Dioxide, Aerosol Extinction, 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
The Use of Aerosol Optical Properties in Identification of Dust Sources in Iraq Al-Dabbagh, Sama K. Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness
A 15-Year Climatology of Desert Dust Episodes in the Broader Mediterranean Basin Gavrouzou, Maria, Hatzianastassiou, Nikos, Gkikas, Antonis, Mihalopoulos, Nikos Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness
Efficient dust detection based on spectral and thermal observations of MODIS imagery Bahrami, Hazhir, Homayouni, Saied, Shah-Hosseini, Reza, ZandKarimi, Arash, Safari, Abdolreza Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness
Direct radiative forcing induced by lightabsorbing aerosols in different climate regions over East Asia Zhang, Xiaorui, Chen, Siyu, Kang, Litai, Yuan, Tiangang, Luo, Yuan, Alam, Khan, Li, Jixiang, He, Yongli, Bi, Hongru, Zhao, Dan Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness
Developing a dust storm detection method combining Support Vector Machine and satellite data in typical dust regions of Asia Shi, Lamei, Zhang, Jiahua, Zhang, Da, Igbawua, Tertsea, Liu, Yuqin Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness
Carbonaceous aerosol emission reduction over Shandong province and the impact of air pollution control as observed from synthetic satellite data Kalluri, Raja Obul Reddy, Zhang, Xiaoyu, Bi, Lei, Zhao, Jiyao, Yu, Le, Kotalo, Rama Gopal Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Atmospheric Ozone, Reflectance
Atmospheric pollution assessment near potential source of natural aerosols in the South Gobi Desert region, China Filonchyk, Mikalai, Hurynovich, Volha, Yan, Haowen, Yang, Shuwen Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness
An improved dust identification index (IDII) based on MODIS observation Zandkarimi, Arash, Fatehi, Parviz, Shah-Hoseini, Reza Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness
Airborne in situ measurements of aerosol size distributions and black carbon across the Indo-Gangetic Plain during SWAAMIRAWEX Gogoi, Mukunda Madhab, Jayachandran, Venugopalan Nair, Vaishya, Aditya, Babu, Surendran Nair Suresh, Satheesh, Sreedharan Krishnakumari, Moorthy, Krishnaswamy Krishna Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness
An AeroComAeroSat study: intercomparison of satellite AOD datasets for aerosol model evaluation Schutgens, Nick, Sayer, Andrew M., Heckel, Andreas, Hsu, Christina, Jethva, Hiren, de Leeuw, Gerrit, Leonard, Peter J. T., Levy, Robert C., Lipponen, Antti, Lyapustin, Alexei, North, Peter, Popp, Thomas, Poulsen, Caroline, Sawyer, Virginia, Sogacheva, Larisa, Thomas, Gareth, Torres, Omar, Wang, Yujie, Kinne, Stefan, Schulz, Michael, Stier, Philip Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness
Aerosol-induced atmospheric heating rate decreases over South and East Asia as a result of changing content and composition Ramachandran, S., Rupakheti, Maheswar, Lawrence, Mark G. Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness
Black Carbon aerosol characteristics and radiative forcing over the high altitude glacier region of Himalaya-Karakorum-Hindukush Zeb, Bahadar, Alam, Khan, Nasir, Jawad, Mansha, Muhammad, Ahmad, Ifthikhar, Bibi, Samina, Malik, Sher Muhammad, Ali, Mushtaq Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Atmospheric Ozone, Reflectance, Atmospheric Radiation, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Radiative Flux, Radiative Forcing, Surface Radiative Properties, Albedo, Emissivity, Cloud Properties, Cloud Fraction, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Skin Temperature, Skin Temperature, Sea Surface Skin Temperature
Contrasting changes in snow cover and its sensitivity to aerosol optical properties in Hindukush-Karakoram-Himalaya region Ahmad, Maqbool, Alam, Khan, Tariq, Shahina, Blaschke, Thomas Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness
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