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The Level-2 Aura Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) Ozone (O3) DOAS Total Column Product (OMDOAO3) version 4 is now available from NASA Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (GES DISC) for public access. The shortname for this Level-2 Ozone Product is OMDOAO3_V004. The data was re-processed in December 2022 using collection 4 Level 1b data and the OMDOAO3 processor version 4.1.0. Since then, this version of the product is also being produced in the forward stream. This version of the product was publicly released in March 2026.
OMI provides two total column ozone products based on two different algorithms. This level-2 global total column ozone product at the pixel resolution (13x24 km at nadir), is based on the Differential Absorption Spectroscopy (DOAS) fitting technique that essentially uses the OMI UV radiance values between 331.1 and 336.1 nm. In addition to the total ozone column this product also contains auxiliary , derived and ancillary input parameters e.g. ozone slant column density, ozone ghost column density, air mass factor, scene reflectivity, radiance over the DOAS fit window, root mean square of DAOS fit, cloud fraction, cloud radiance, cloud pressure, terrain height, geolocation, viewing angles and quality flags. The lead scientist for this product is Dr. J. Pepijn Veefkind.
The OMDOAO3 files are stored in NetCDF 4 format. 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 OMDOAO3 data product is about 10 Mbytes.
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Publications Citing This Dataset
| Title | Year Sort ascending | Author | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Validation of OMI total ozone retrievals from the SAO ozone profile algorithm and three operational algorithms with Brewer measurements | Bak, J., Liu, X., Kim, J. H., Chance, K., Haffner, D. P. | Atmospheric Ozone, Cloud Fraction, Cloud Top Pressure, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Atmospheric Ozone, Reflectance, Atmospheric Ozone | |
| Improved spectral fitting of nitrogen dioxide from OMI in the 405465 nm window | van Geffen, J. H. G. M., Boersma, K. F., Van Roozendael, M., Hendrick, F., Mahieu, E., De Smedt, I., Sneep, M., Veefkind, J. P. | Atmospheric Ozone, Cloud Fraction, Cloud Top Pressure | |
| Extended and refined multi sensor reanalysis of total ozone for the period 19702012 | van der A, R. J., Allaart, M. A. F., Eskes, H. J. | Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Atmospheric Ozone, Reflectance, Atmospheric Ozone | |
| The spring 2011 final stratospheric warming above Eureka: anomalous dynamics and chemistry | Adams, C., Strong, K., Zhao, X., Bourassa, A. E., Daffer, W. H., Degenstein, D., Drummond, J. R., Farahani, E. E., Fraser, A., Lloyd, N. D., Manney, G. L., McLinden, C. A., Rex, M., Roth, C., Strahan, S. E., Walker, K. A., Wohltmann, I. | Atmospheric Ozone | |
| Remote sensing monitoring of the global ozonosphere | Genco, S., Bortoli, D., Ravegnani, F. | Atmospheric Ozone | |
| ... and long-term consistency between GOME-2/MetOp-A total ozone column and measurements from the sensors GOME/ERS-2, SCIAMACHY/ENVISAT and OMI/Aura | Koukouli, M. E., Balis, D. S., Loyola, D., Valks, P., Zimmer, W., Hao, N., Lambert, J.-C., Van Roozendael, M., Lerot, C., Spurr, R. J. D. | Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Atmospheric Ozone, Reflectance, Atmospheric Ozone, ULTRAVIOLET RADIANCE | |
| Three years of ground-based total ozone measurements in the Arctic: Comparison with OMI, GOME and SCIAMACHY satellite data | Damiani, A., De Simone, S., Rafanelli, C., Cordero, R.R., Laurenza, M. | Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Atmospheric Ozone, Reflectance, Atmospheric Ozone | |
| Forecasts and assimilation experiments of the Antarctic ozone hole 2008 | Flemming, J., Inness, A., Jones, L., Eskes, H. J., Huijnen, V., Schultz, M. G., Stein, O., Cariolle, D., Kinnison, D., Brasseur, G. | Atmospheric Ozone | |
| Spatial structure of assimilated ozone in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere | Wargan, Krzysztof, Pawson, Steven, Stajner, Ivanka, Thouret, Valerie | Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Atmospheric Ozone, Reflectance, Atmospheric Ozone | |
| Multi sensor reanalysis of total ozone | van der A, R. J., Allaart, M. A. F., Eskes, H. J. | Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Atmospheric Ozone, Reflectance, Atmospheric Ozone | |
| OMI Near Real Time data processing | Durbin, Phillip, Tilmes, Curt, Duggan, Brian, Das, Bigyani | Cloud Fraction, Cloud Top Pressure, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Atmospheric Ozone, Reflectance, Sulfur Dioxide, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Atmospheric Ozone, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness | |
| Description and validation of the OMI very fast delivery products | Hassinen, S., Tamminen, J., Tanskanen, A., Leppelmeier, G., Malkki, A., Koskela, T., Karhu, J. M., Lakkala, K., Veefkind, P., Krotkov, N., Aulamo, O. | Ultraviolet Radiation, Solar Irradiance, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Atmospheric Ozone, Reflectance, Atmospheric Ozone, Cloud Fraction, Cloud Top Pressure | |
| Comparing OMITOMS and OMIDOAS total ozone column data | Kroon, M., Veefkind, J. P., Sneep, M., McPeters, R. D., Bhartia, P. K., Levelt, P. F. | Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Atmospheric Ozone, Reflectance, Atmospheric Ozone, Sulfur Dioxide | |
| Ozone columns obtained by groundbased remote sensing in Kiev for Aura Ozone Measuring Instrument validation | Shavrina, A. V., Pavlenko, Y. V., Veles, A., Syniavskyi, I., Kroon, M. | Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Atmospheric Ozone, Reflectance, Atmospheric Ozone | |
| Atmospheric products from the ozone monitoring instrument (OMI) | Ahmad, Suraiya P., Levelt, Pieternel F., Bhartia, Pawan K., Hilsenrath, Ernest, Leppelmeier, Gilbert W., Johnson, James E. | Atmospheric Ozone, Reflectance, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Visible Radiance, ULTRAVIOLET RADIANCE, Atmospheric Ozone, Reflectance, Nitrogen Dioxide, Atmospheric Ozone, Sulfur Dioxide, Bromine Monoxide, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Fraction, Cloud Top Pressure, Chlorine Dioxide, Carbon And Hydrocarbon Compounds, Solar Irradiance |
Variables
The table below lists the variables contained within a single granule for this dataset. Variables often contain observed or derived geophysical measurements collected from a variety of sources, including remote sensing instruments on satellite and airborne platforms, field campaigns, in situ measurements, and model outputs. The terms variable, parameter, scientific data set, layer, and band have been used across NASA’s Earth science disciplines; however, variable is the designated nomenclature in NASA’s Common Metadata Repository (CMR). Variable metadata attributes such as Name, Description, Units, Data Type, Fill Value, Valid Range, and Scale Factor allow users to efficiently process and analyze the data. The full range of attributes may not be applicable to all variables. Additional information on variable attributes is typically available in the data, user guide, and/or other product documentation.
For questions on a specific variable, please use the Earthdata Forum.
| Name Sort descending | Description | Units | Data Type | Fill Value | Valid Range | Scale Factor | Offset |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/INPUT_DATA/cloud_fraction_precision | PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/INPUT_DATA/cloud_fraction_precision | 1 | float32 | 9.9692099683869E+36 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/INPUT_DATA/cloud_pressure | PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/INPUT_DATA/cloud_pressure | Pa | float32 | 9.9692099683869E+36 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/INPUT_DATA/cloud_pressure_precision | PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/INPUT_DATA/cloud_pressure_precision | Pa | float32 | 9.9692099683869E+36 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/INPUT_DATA/snow_ice_flag | PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/INPUT_DATA/snow_ice_flag | N/A | uint8 | 254 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/INPUT_DATA/surface_albedo | PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/INPUT_DATA/surface_albedo | 1 | float32 | 9.9692099683869E+36 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/INPUT_DATA/surface_altitude | PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/INPUT_DATA/surface_altitude | m | float32 | 9.9692099683869E+36 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/INPUT_DATA/surface_altitude_precision | PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/INPUT_DATA/surface_altitude_precision | m | float32 | 9.9692099683869E+36 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/INPUT_DATA/surface_classification | PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/INPUT_DATA/surface_classification | N/A | uint8 | 255 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/INPUT_DATA/surface_pressure | PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/INPUT_DATA/surface_pressure | Pa | float32 | 9.9692099683869E+36 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/INPUT_DATA/water_fraction | PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/INPUT_DATA/water_fraction | percent | uint8 | 255 | N/A | N/A | N/A |