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.

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Dataset Sort descending	Version	Platform	Instrument	Temporal Extent	Spatial Extent	Spatial Resolution	Data Format
CMS: Carbon Fluxes from Global Agricultural Production and Consumption, 2005-2011	1	MODELS	Computer	2005-01-01 to 2011-12-31	N: 83.637 S: -59.463 E: 180 W: -180		netCDF-4
CMS: CO2 Signals Estimated for Fossil Fuel Emissions and Biosphere Flux, California	1	COMPUTERS, OCO-2	FLASKS, OCO SPECTROMETERS	2010-11-01 to 2011-05-31	N: 42.82 S: 32.2044 E: -115.963 W: -124.51		CSV
CMS: Global 0.5-deg Wetland Methane Emissions and Uncertainty (WetCHARTs v1.0)	1	MODELS	Computer	2001-01-01 to 2015-12-31	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180		multiple
CMS: Global 0.5-deg Wetland Methane Emissions and Uncertainty (WetCHARTs v1.3.3)	1.3.3	COMPUTERS	Computer	2001-01-01 to 2022-08-31	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180		netCDF-3
CMS: Global Carbon Fluxes Associated with Livestock Feed and Emissions, 2000-2013	2	MODELS	Computer	2000-01-01 to 2013-12-31	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180		multiple
CMS GOSAT and ObsPack L4 Top-down yearly methane emissions for individual sectors at 0.5x0.625 degrees for North America V1 (CMS_GO_CH4_SEC_TDYC_NA)	1	GOSAT	TANSO-FTS	2010-01-01 to 2017-12-31	N: 65 S: 15 E: -55 W: -130	0.625 Decimal Degrees x 0.5 Decimal Degrees
CO2 Observations, Modeled Emissions, and NAM-HYSPLIT Footprints, Boston MA, 2013-2014	1	METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS	SPECTROMETERS	2013-09-01 to 2014-12-31	N: 43.709 S: 41.35 E: -70 W: -72.18		multiple
COMEX: AMOG Surface Mobile in situ Data Surveyor, USA, 2014-2015	1	FIELD SURVEYS	VCEIL, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, PRESSURE SENSORS, CO2 ANALYZERS, UV OZONE DETECTORS, GAS SENSORS, OPTSPEC	2014-06-07 to 2015-08-20	N: 36.2115 S: 32.9689 E: -115.564 W: -120.716		HDF5
Country Trends in Major Air Pollutants	1.00	MODELS	Computer	2003-01-01 to 2018-12-31	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180		Excel, PDF, PNG
Country-Level GDP and Downscaled Projections Based on the SRES A1, A2, B1, and B2 Marker Scenarios, 1990-2100	1.0	MODELS	Computer	1990-01-01 to 2100-12-31	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180		Excel
Country-Level Population and Downscaled Projections Based on the SRES A1, B1, and A2 Scenarios, 1990-2100	1.0	MODELS	Computer	1990-01-01 to 2100-12-31	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180		Excel
Country-Level Population and Downscaled Projections Based on the SRES B2 Scenario, 1990-2100	1.0	MODELS	Computer	1990-01-01 to 2100-12-31	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180		Excel
Daily and Annual PM2.5 Concentrations for the Contiguous United States, 1-km Grids, v1 (2000 - 2016)	1.0	MODELS	Computer	2000-01-01 to 2016-12-31	N: 72 S: 17 E: -65 W: -180	0.00833 Decimal Degrees x 0.00833 Decimal Degrees	GeoTIFF, Shapefile
Daily and Annual PM2.5 Concentrations for the Contiguous United States, 1-km Grids, Version 1.10 (2000-2016)	1.10	MODELS	Computer	2000-01-01 to 2016-12-31	N: 72 S: 17 E: -65 W: -180	0.00833 Decimal Degrees x 0.00833 Decimal Degrees	GeoTIFF, Shapefile
Daily and Annual PM2.5, O3, and NO2 Concentrations at ZIP Codes for the Contiguous U.S., 2000-2016, v1.0	1.00	MODELS	Computer	2000-01-01 to 2016-12-31	N: 72 S: 17 E: -65 W: -180		CSV, RData
DC3 In-Situ DC-8 Aircraft Trace Gas Data	1	NASA DC-8	GC-MS, TD-LIF, DACOM, LWCC, CIT-ToF-CIMS, CHEMILUMINESCENCE, PTR-MS, DFGAS, AVOCET	2012-05-04 to 2012-06-23	N: 42.16 S: 30.89 E: -78.97 W: -121.61		ICARTT
DC3 In-Situ DLR-Falcon Trace Gas Data	1	DLR-Falcon	CIT-ToF-CIMS, CRDS, GAS SENSORS, CHEMILUMINESCENCE, OZONE SENSOR, GAS CHROMATOGRAPHS	2012-05-29 to 2012-06-18	N: 67.02 S: 25 E: -22.6 W: -121		ICARTT
DC3 In-Situ NSF/NCAR GV-HIAPER Trace Gas Data	1	NSF/NCAR GV HIAPER	TOGA, CRDS, CAMS, CIT-ToF-CIMS, CIMS, CHEMILUMINESCENCE	2012-05-11 to 2012-07-01	N: 45 S: 20 E: -75 W: -125		ICARTT
DC3 Merge Data Files	1	DLR-Falcon, NSF/NCAR GV HIAPER, NASA DC-8		2012-05-18 to 2012-06-30	N: 42.73 S: 25 E: -78.97 W: -106.19		ICARTT
DISCOVER-AQ California Deployment P-3B Aircraft In Situ Trace Gas Data	1	P-3B	TD-LIF, DACOM, DFGAS, Picarro G2301-m, PTR-MS, LI-6252	2013-01-09 to 2013-02-10	N: 45 S: 25 E: -70 W: -130		ICARTT
DISCOVER-AQ California Deployment P-3B Aircraft Merged Data Files	1	P-3B	Computer	2013-01-15 to 2013-02-08	N: 45 S: 25 E: -70 W: -130		ICARTT
DISCOVER-AQ California Deployment San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District Ground Site Data	1	GROUND STATIONS	GAS SENSORS, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, PRESSURE SENSORS, Teledyne API Model T200UP NO-NO2 Analyzer, CAPS NO2 Analyzer, Teledyne API Model T200U NO/NO2/NOx Analyzer, LGR CRDS	2013-01-06 to 2013-02-12	N: 39.07 S: 34.84 E: -108.56 W: -121.45		ICARTT
DISCOVER-AQ Colorado Deployment Ancillary Model Data	1	MODELS, Data Analysis	Computer	2014-07-14 to 2014-08-27	N: 48 S: 28 E: -65 W: -111		NetCDF-3, ICARTT
DISCOVER-AQ Colorado Deployment P-3B Aircraft In Situ Trace Gas Data	1	P-3B	DACOM, TD-LIF, DFGAS, LI-6252, CHEMILUMINESCENCE, PTR-MS	2014-07-06 to 2014-08-14	N: 48 S: -5 E: 0 W: -123.199		ICARTT
DISCOVER-AQ Colorado Deployment P-3B Aircraft Merged Data Files	1	P-3B	Computer, SMPS, UHSAS, LASER SPECTROMETER, APS, CAS, CIP, CCN, TSI CPC-3025, TSI-3563 Neph, PSAP, PILS/IC, DMT SP2, DACOM, DLH, DFGAS, PTR-MS	2013-09-03 to 2014-08-20	N: 48 S: 28 E: -65 W: -111		ICARTT

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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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

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AppEEARS	The Application for Extracting and Exploring Analysis Ready Samples (AppEEARS) offers 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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