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Description

Formaldehyde Level 3 files provide trace gas information on a regular grid covering the TEMPO field of regard for nominal TEMPO observations. Level 3 files are derived by combining information from all Level 2 files constituting a TEMPO East-West scan cycle. The files are provided in netCDF4 format, and contain information on formaldehyde vertical columns, ancillary data used in air mass factor calculations and reference sector or de-striping corrections, and retrieval quality flags. The re-gridding algorithm uses an area-weighted approach. These data reached provisional validation on December 9, 2024.

Product Summary

Platforms
IS-40e
Instruments
TEMPO
Geographic Region
NORTH AMERICA
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
2023-08-02 to 2025-09-16
Data Partner
Atmospheric Science Data Center, Science Directorate, Langley Research Center, NASA (NASA/LARC/SD/ASDC)
Concept ID
C2930761273-LARC_CLOUD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
11244
Processing Level
3
Published
Science Keywords
Volatile Organic Compounds ,
Formaldehyde

Citation

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.

Copy Citation

Suleiman, R. (2024). TEMPO gridded formaldehyde total column V03 (BETA) [Data set]. NASA Langley Atmospheric Science Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/IS-40E/TEMPO/HCHO_L3.003 Date Accessed: 2025-12-14

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