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TEMPO Resources
Earthdata resources for users working with NASA’s Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring Pollution (TEMPO) data include tutorials and other learning resources, news announcements such as instrument updates and data releases, user guides and related documents, and frequently asked questions.
TEMPO Learning Resources
This notebook illustrates a comparison of ultra-violet aerosol index (UVAI) between the Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO) instrument and DSCOVR EPIC UVAI.
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Jupyter Notebook
April 10, 2026
This training will provide an overview of TEMPO capabilities and available trace gas data products, and illustrate how TEMPO data can be visualized.
Training
Jan. 20-22, 2026
Understanding and Visualizing NO2 and HCHO Data from the STAQS and TEMPO Missions
StoryMap
Sept. 24, 2025
This notebook demonstrates how to retrieve and visualize TEMPO data, using harmony-py to subset the data in the cloud, prior to downloading files.
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GitHub Repository
May 27, 2025
This notebook retrieves TEMPO data, inspects characteristics of the data such as array shapes and quality flags, and then creates a visualization of total column nitrogen dioxide concentrations.
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GitHub Repository
May 27, 2025
This notebook illustrates a comparison of ultra-violet aerosol index (UVAI) between TEMPO and DSCOVR EPIC.
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GitHub Repository
This notebook illustrates a comparison of TEMPO ultra-violet aerosol index (UVAI) against DSCOVR EPIC UVAI as well as a comparison of DSCOVR EPIC AOD against AERONET.
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GitHub Repository
May 21, 2025
This training uses the Remote Sensing Information Gateway (RSIG) to easily and quickly access and analyze TEMPO data.
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GitHub Repository
Jan. 27, 2025
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The VIIRS instrument aboard the NOAA-21 platform captured this image on April 21, 2026.
Worldview Image of the Week
April 24, 2026
Several pollutants measured by TEMPO are available as ArcGIS image services, including nitrogen dioxide vertical column troposphere, formaldehyde vertical column, ozone total column, and cloud fraction.
News
April 1, 2026
NASA’s Atmospheric Science Data Center (ASDC) GitHub hosts tutorials, code, and guides to help Earth science data users address air quality and other environmental challenges.
News
Feb. 13, 2025
The atlas now features NASA Earth science data formatted specifically for geographic information systems (GIS) users.
Feature Article
Jan. 7, 2025
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