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The Aura Ozone Monitoring Instrument level-2 near UV Aerosol data product 'OMAERUV', recently re-processed using an enhanced algorithm, is now released (April 2012) to the public. The data are available from the NASA Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (GES DISC). The shortname for this Level-2 near-UV Aerosol Product is OMAERUV_V003. 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 Absorption and Aerosol Extinction Optical Depths, and Single Scattering Albedo at three different wavelengths (354, 388 and 500 nm), Aerosol Index, and other ancillary and geolocation parameters, in the OMI field of view (13x24 km).
The OMAERUV files are stored in the version 5 EOS Hierarchical Data Format (HDF-EOS5). 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 6 Mbytes.
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
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Torres, O. O. (2012). OMI/Aura Near UV Aerosol Optical Depth and Single Scattering Albedo 1-orbit L2 Swath 13x24 km [Data set]. NASA Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/AURA/OMI/DATA2004 Date Accessed: 2026-05-21
Torres, Omar O. “OMI/Aura Near UV Aerosol Optical Depth and Single Scattering Albedo 1-Orbit L2 Swath 13x24 Km.” NASA Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center, 2012. doi:10.5067/AURA/OMI/DATA2004. Date Accessed: 2026-05-21
Torres, Omar O. OMI/Aura Near UV Aerosol Optical Depth and Single Scattering Albedo 1-Orbit L2 Swath 13x24 Km. NASA Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center, 2012, doi:10.5067/AURA/OMI/DATA2004. Date Accessed: 2026-05-21
Jethva, Hiren T., Torres, Omar, Ferrare, Richard A., Burton, Sharon P., Cook, Anthony L., Harper, David B., Hostetler, Chris A., Redemann, Jens, Kayetha, Vinay, LeBlanc, Samuel, Pistone, Kristina, Mitchell, Logan, Flynn, Connor J.
Castellanos, Patricia, Colarco, Peter, Espinosa, W. Reed, Guzewich, Scott D., Levy, Robert C., Miller, Ron L., Chin, Mian, Kahn, Ralph A., Kemppinen, Osku, Moosmuller, Hans, Nowottnick, Edward P., Rocha-Lima, Adriana, Smith, Michael D., Yorks, John E., Yu, Hongbin
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