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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

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Dataset Version Platform Instrument Temporal Extent Spatial Extent Spatial Resolution Data Format
INTEX-B King Air Be200 Aircraft data 1 B-200, Aqua, ENVISAT, Terra, Aura NOT APPLICABLE 2006-03-01 to 2006-03-31 ICARTT
INTEX-B Merged DC-8/C-130 Aircraft data 1 Data Analysis, Aqua, ENVISAT, Terra, Aura NOT APPLICABLE 2006-03-04 to 2006-05-15

N: 63 S: 12 E: -85 W: -176

ICARTT
INTEX-B Model data 1 Data Analysis, Aqua, ENVISAT, Terra, Aura NOT APPLICABLE 2006-02-28 to 2006-05-16

N: 63 S: 12 E: -85 W: -176

ICARTT
INTEX-B Ozonesonde data 1 RADIOSONDES, Aqua, ENVISAT, Terra, Aura OZONESONDES, NOT APPLICABLE 2006-02-23 to 2006-09-20

N: 54 S: 19 E: -59 W: -125

ICARTT
INTEX-B Satellite data 1 Aqua, ENVISAT, Terra, Aura NOT APPLICABLE 2006-02-01 to 2006-05-31

N: 80 S: -20 E: 90 W: -30

ICARTT
IPCC IS92 Emissions Scenarios (A, B, C, D, E, F) Dataset Version 1.1 1.0 MODELS Computer 1990-01-01 to 2100-12-31

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

Excel
IPCC Special Report on Emissions Scenarios (SRES) 1x1 Degree Gridded Emissions Dataset 1.0 MODELS Computer 1990-01-01 to 2100-12-31

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

ASCII, CSV
IPCC Special Report on Emissions Scenarios (SRES) Emissions Scenarios Dataset Version 1.1 1.1 MODELS Computer 1990-01-01 to 2100-12-31

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

Excel
IPCC Special Report on Emissions Scenarios (SRES) Fluor-Gases Emissions Dataset 1.0 MODELS Computer 1990-01-01 to 2100-12-31

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

Excel
ISLSCP II Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Fossil Fuels, Cement, and Gas Flaring 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1950-01-01 to 1995-12-31

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

Shapefile
ISLSCP II Carbon Dioxide Flux at Harvard Forest and Northern BOREAS Sites 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION, LABORATORY, COMPUTERS IR CO2 ANALYZER, GC-FID, LICOR GAS EXCHANGE SYSTEM, Computer 1992-01-01 to 1995-12-31

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

Shapefile
ISLSCP II EDGAR 3 Gridded Greenhouse and Ozone Precursor Gas Emissions 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1970-01-01 to 1995-12-31

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

Shapefile
ISLSCP II Global River Fluxes of Carbon and Sediments to the Oceans 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1947-01-01 to 1998-12-31

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

Shapefile
KORUS-AQ Aircraft Merge Data Files 1 NASA DC-8 Computer 2016-04-24 to 2016-06-21

N: 61.32 S: 30.1 E: 180 W: -180

ICARTT
KORUS-AQ Ancillary Analysis Data 1 MODELS AMS 2016-04-30 to 2016-10-18

N: 67 S: 25 E: 180 W: -180

ICARTT
KORUS-AQ Ancillary Model Data Products 1 GEOS-Chem, FLEXPART, CAM-chem, WRF 2016-04-30 to 2016-06-11

N: 67 S: 25 E: 180 W: -180

NetCDF-4, ICARTT
KORUS-AQ DC-8 Aircraft In Situ Trace Gas Data 1 NASA DC-8 LI-6252, GC-MS, TD-LIF, DACOM, CAMS, 4STAR, CIMS, CIT-ToF-CIMS, ACES, CHEMILUMINESCENCE, PTR-MS 2016-04-16 to 2016-06-21

N: 67 S: 25 E: 180 W: -180

ICARTT
KORUS-AQ DC-8 Aircraft Remotely Sensed Differential Absorption Lidar (DIAL) Data 1 NASA DC-8 DIAL 2016-04-18 to 2016-06-20

N: 61.32 S: 30.1 E: 180 W: -180

HDF5, ICARTT
KORUS-AQ Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Ground Site Data 1 GROUND STATIONS CEILOMETERS, CAPS, 2B Technologies, Aeroqual Portable Air Quality Monitor 2016-04-27 to 2016-06-13

N: 37.63 S: 37.21 E: 127.42 W: 127.02

HDF5, ICARTT
KORUS-AQ Miscellaneous Data 1 UMD Cessna GPS, LGR CRDS, TECO 43C, Picarro G2401, AETHALOMETER, PSAP 2016-04-30 to 2016-06-13

N: 38 S: 36.67 E: 115.13 W: 114.26

ICARTT
KORUS-AQ NASA Ground Site Data 1 GROUND STATIONS Aerodyne Mini-TILDAS, DIAL 2016-04-24 to 2016-06-13

N: 37.42 S: 37.21 E: 127.42 W: 127.21

HDF5, ICARTT
KORUS-AQ Ozonesonde Data 1 GROUND STATIONS OZONESONDES 2016-04-28 to 2016-06-12

N: 37.96 S: 36.65 E: 129.18 W: 127

ICARTT
KORUS-AQ Pandora Column Observations 1 R/V ONNURI, GROUND STATIONS Pandora 2015-04-30 to 2016-10-18

N: 37.91 S: 33.78 E: 131.39 W: 124.32

ICARTT
KORUS-AQ Research Vessel (R/V) JangMok Ship Data 1 R/V JangMok Thermo Scientific Ozone Analyzer, Thermo Scientific NOx Analyzer, Thermo Scientific CO Analyzer, Thermo Scientific SO2 43i Analyzer, WIND MONITOR, GPS 2016-05-20 to 2016-06-06

N: 35.62 S: 34.19 E: 129.66 W: 125.37

ICARTT
LBA-ECO CD-10 CO Concentrations at km 67 Tower Site, Tapajos National Forest 1 FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS IRGA 2001-04-18 to 2003-08-29

N: -2.857 S: -2.857 E: -54.959 W: -54.959

CSV
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Featured Air Quality Observation Method: TEMPO

NASA's Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring Pollution (TEMPO) instrument provides hourly measurements of O3, NO2, and other key elements of air pollution.

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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.
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Air Quality Data Tools

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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
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