Air Quality Data Access and Tools

NASA has air quality datasets that help researchers characterize the particular makeup of the air we breathe. Access a range of data and data tools such as AppEEARS, FIRMS, and Giovanni to make the most of air quality data.

Air quality comprises a constellation of scientific topics that inform our understanding of this field. Learn more about data and resources focused on aerosol optical depth, aerosol index, trace gases, land surface reflectance, the effect of dust, ash, and smoke, and human dimensions, including natural hazards.

Many NASA observation methods—platforms, instruments, and space geodesy techniques—provide data that improve our understanding of air quality, including NASA's Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring Pollution (TEMPO) instrument, featured below. Learn more about how the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER), Harmonized Landsat Sentinel-2 (HLS), Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), and Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) continually acquire data about pollutants.

Air Quality Datasets

View All Datasets

Filters

Dataset Sort descending	Version	Platform	Instrument	Temporal Extent	Spatial Extent	Spatial Resolution	Data Format
AIRS/Aqua L3 Daily Support Product (AIRS-only) 1 degree x 1 degree V006 (AIRS3SPD) at GES DISC	006	Aqua	AIRS	2002-08-31 to Present	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	1 Decimal Degrees x 1 Decimal Degrees
AIRS/Aqua L3 Monthly Standard Physical Retrieval (AIRS+AMSU) 1 degree x 1 degree V006 (AIRX3STM) at GES DISC	006	Aqua	AIRS, AMSU-A	2002-09-01 to 2016-10-01
AIRS/Aqua L3 Monthly Standard Physical Retrieval (AIRS+AMSU+HSB) 1 degree x 1 degree V006 (AIRH3STM) at GES DISC	006	Aqua	AIRS	2002-09-01 to 2003-03-01		1 Decimal Degrees x 1 Decimal Degrees
AIRS/Aqua L3 Monthly Standard Physical Retrieval (AIRS-only) 1 degree x 1 degree V006 (AIRS3STM) at GES DISC	006	Aqua	AIRS	2002-09-01 to Present		1 Decimal Degrees x 1 Decimal Degrees
AIRS/Aqua L3 Monthly Support Product (AIRS+AMSU) 1 degree x 1 degree V006 (AIRX3SPM) at GES DISC	006	Aqua	AIRS, AMSU-A	2002-09-01 to 2016-10-01	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	1 Decimal Degrees x 1 Decimal Degrees
AIRS/Aqua L3 Monthly Support Product (AIRS+AMSU+HSB) 1 degree x 1 degree V006 (AIRH3SPM) at GES DISC	006	Aqua	AIRS	2002-09-01 to 2003-03-01	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
AIRS/Aqua L3 Monthly Support Product (AIRS-only) 1 degree x 1 degree V006 (AIRS3SPM) at GES DISC	006	Aqua	AIRS	2002-09-01 to Present	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	1 Decimal Degrees x 1 Decimal Degrees
AMAZE-08 Aerosol Characterization and Meteorological Data, Central Amazon Basin: 2008	1	LABORATORY, FIELD SURVEYS	LOPC-PMS, MASS SPECTROMETERS, CNC, AEROSOL/CLOUD PARTICLE SIZER	2008-02-05 to 2008-04-21	N: -2.4282 S: -2.75745 E: -60.0272 W: -60.3678		CSV
Annual Mean PM2.5 Components (EC, NH4, NO3, OC, SO4) 50m Urban and 1km Non-Urban Area Grids for Contiguous U.S., 2000-2019 v1	1.00	MODELS	Computer	2000-01-01 to 2019-12-31	N: 72 S: 17 E: -65 W: -180	0.00833 Decimal Degrees x 0.00833 Decimal Degrees	RData
Annual Mean PM2.5 Components Trace Elements (TEs) 50m Urban and 1km Non-Urban Area Grids for Contiguous U.S., 2000-2019, v1	1.00	MODELS	Computer	2000-01-01 to 2019-12-31	N: 72 S: 17 E: -65 W: -180	0.00833 Decimal Degrees x 0.00833 Decimal Degrees	RData
Annual PM2.5 Concentrations for Countries and Urban Areas, 1998-2016	1.00	MODELS, Aqua, Terra, OrbView-2	Computer, MODIS, MISR, SeaWiFS	1998-01-01 to 2016-12-31	N: 69.85 S: -54.85 E: 180 W: -180	0.1 Decimal Degrees x 0.1 Decimal Degrees	Shapefile, Excel
Annual Summary of Artificial Light At Night from VIIRS/S-NPP at CONUS County and Census Tract V1 (ALAN_VIIRS_CONUS) at GES DISC	1	Suomi-NPP	VIIRS	2012-01-01 to 2020-12-31	N: 49.99792 S: 20.00208 E: -60.00208 W: -129.9979
Annual wildland fire emissions (WFEIS v0.5) for Conterminous US and Alaska, 2001-2013	1	Terra	MODIS	2001-01-01 to 2013-12-31	N: 71.41 S: 24.2 E: -65 W: -178.22		GeoTIFF
Anthropogenic Carbon Emission System, 2012-2017, Version 2	2	COMPUTERS	Computer	2012-01-01 to 2018-01-01	N: 48.1089 S: 23.0132 E: -65.3066 W: -128.267		netCDF-4
Anthropogenic Sulfur Dioxide Emissions, 1850-2005: National and Regional Data Set by Source Category, Version 2.86	2.86	MODELS	Computer	1850-01-01 to 2005-12-31	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180		Excel, PDF, PNG
Aqua/AIRS L2 Near Real Time (NRT) Standard Physical Retrieval (AIRS-only) V7.0 at GES DISC	7.0	Aqua	AIRS	2002-08-30 to Present	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	50 Kilometers x 50 Kilometers
Aqua/AIRS L2 Near Real Time (NRT) Support Retrieval (AIRS-only) V7.0 at GES DISC	7.0	Aqua	AIRS	2002-08-30 to Present	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	50 Kilometers x 50 Kilometers
Aqua/AIRS L2 Standard Physical Retrieval (AIRS+AMSU) V7.0 at GES DISC	7.0	Aqua	AIRS, AMSU-A	2002-08-30 to 2016-09-25	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	50 Kilometers x 50 Kilometers
Aqua/AIRS L2 Standard Physical Retrieval (AIRS+AMSU+HSB) V7.0 at GES DISC	7.0	Aqua	AIRS, AMSU-A, HSB	2002-08-30 to 2003-02-06	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	50 Kilometers x 50 Kilometers
Aqua/AIRS L2 Standard Physical Retrieval (AIRS-only) V7.0 at GES DISC	7.0	Aqua	AIRS	2002-08-30 to Present	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	50 Kilometers x 50 Kilometers
Aqua/AIRS L2 Support Retrieval (AIRS+AMSU) V7.0 at GES DISC	7.0	Aqua	AIRS, AMSU-A	2002-08-30 to 2016-09-25	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	50 Kilometers x 50 Kilometers
Aqua/AIRS L2 Support Retrieval (AIRS+AMSU+HSB) V7.0 at GES DISC	7.0	Aqua	AIRS, AMSU-A, HSB	2002-08-30 to 2003-02-06	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	50 Kilometers x 50 Kilometers
Aqua/AIRS L2 Support Retrieval (AIRS-only) V7.0 at GES DISC	7.0	Aqua	AIRS	2002-08-30 to Present	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	50 Kilometers x 50 Kilometers
Aqua/AIRS L3 Daily Standard Physical Retrieval (AIRS+AMSU) 1 degree x 1 degree V7.0 at GES DISC	7.0	Aqua	AIRS, AMSU-A	2002-08-31 to 2016-09-25	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	1 Decimal Degrees x 1 Decimal Degrees
Aqua/AIRS L3 Daily Standard Physical Retrieval (AIRS+AMSU+HSB) 1 degree x 1 degree V7.0 at GES DISC	7.0	Aqua	AIRS, AMSU-A, HSB	2002-08-31 to 2003-02-06	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	1 Decimal Degrees x 1 Decimal Degrees

A visualization of nitrogen dioxide emissions over North America from the TEMPO instrument.

New TEMPO Beta Level 1 Data Products

These new Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO) products will aid validation efforts and algorithm development, and will be used to expand the mission’s higher-level products.

5 MIN READ

Finding Your TEMPO: An Introduction to the Mission, Products, and Data Services for Air Quality Observations over North America

This webinar provides an overview of the TEMPO mission and its data products and shows how to discover and access TEMPO data products using NASA's Earthdata Search.

A view of atmospheric pollution in the Chicago metropolitan area from the TEMPO mission.

Worldview Adds New Data Layers from NASA's TEMPO Mission

The 14 layers from the Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution mission offer data on clouds, nitrogen dioxide, ozone, and more.

This image from the first light release of data from the TEMPO mission shows areas air pollution over the New York City and Washington, DC.

TEMPO Mission Releases Beta Level 1, 2, and 3 Version 03 Data Products

The beta release of Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO) mission data products lets users begin developing applications using these data.

Air Quality Data Tools

View All Data Tools

Tool Sort descending	Description	Services
AppEEARS	The The Application for Extracting and Exploring Analysis Ready Samples (AppEEARS) offers users a simple and efficient way to perform data access and transformation processes.	Search and Discovery, Subsetting, Customization, Downloading, Visualization
CASEI	The Catalog of Archived Suborbital Earth Science Investigations (CASEI) is a comprehensive inventory of contextual information for NASA's Earth Science airborne and field campaigns.	Search and Discovery, Cataloging
FIRMS	The Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) provides access to satellite imagery, active fire/hotspots, and related products to identify the location, extent, and intensity of wildfire activity.	Access, Visualization
Panoply	Panoply is a cross-platform application that plots geo-referenced and other arrays from netCDF, HDF, GRIB, and other datasets.	Visualization, Customization, Reformatting, Subsetting, Comparison
VEDA	NASA's Visualization, Exploration, and Data Analysis (VEDA) project is an open-source science cyberinfrastructure for data processing, visualization, exploration, and geographic information systems (GIS) capabilities.	Access, Analysis, Processing, Visualization, Geoprocessing

SHOWING 5 OF 5

Items

Frequently Asked Questions

Earthdata Forum

Our online forum provides a space for users to browse thousands of FAQs about research needs, data, and data applications. You can also submit new questions for our experts to answer.

Submit Questions to Earthdata Forumand View Expert Responses