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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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NASA Earth science data help Dr. Gonzalo González Abad produce retrievals of formaldehyde and other atmospheric trace gases.
Data User Story
Oct. 26, 2023
The TEMPO (Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring Pollution) mission aims to answer this question more precisely than ever by creating a revolutionary new dataset of atmospheric chemistry measurements from space. TEMPO will be the first space-based instrument to monitor major air pollutants across the North American continent every daylight hour at high spatial resolution.
News
April 5, 2023
Data from NASA’s Atmospheric Science Data Center help Dr. Owen Cooper monitor and track tropospheric ozone.
Data User Story
March 23, 2023
Data from NASA’s Atmospheric Science Data Center helps system engineers like Abigail Nastan develop engaging new ways of partnering with data users to maximize the benefits of NASA Earth science missions.
Data User Story
May 2, 2022
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