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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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DISCOVER-AQ Maryland Deployment Analysis and Ancillary Ground Site Data 1 GROUND STATIONS CPL, MPL, CEILOMETERS, LIDAR 2011-06-30 to 2012-03-02

N: 45 S: 30 E: 70 W: -109

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DISCOVER-AQ Maryland Deployment P-3B Aircraft Merged Data Files 1 P-3B Computer 2011-07-01 to 2011-07-29

N: 39.82 S: 37.84 E: -75.17 W: -77.03

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DISCOVER-AQ Maryland P-3B Aircraft In Situ Trace Gas Data 1 P-3B DACOM, TD-LIF, DFGAS, LI-6252, CHEMILUMINESCENCE, PTR-MS 2011-06-26 to 2011-07-31

N: 45 S: 30 E: -70 W: -123.199

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DISCOVER-AQ Texas Deployment Galveston Ground Site Data 1 GROUND STATIONS CEILOMETERS, CHEMILUMINESCENCE, PHOTOMETERS, FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY 2013-08-29 to 2013-10-01

N: 43 S: 23 E: -70 W: -100

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DISCOVER-AQ Texas Deployment P-3B Aircraft In Situ Trace Gas Data 1 P-3B TD-LIF, DACOM, DFGAS, CHEMILUMINESCENCE, PTR-MS, LI-6252 2013-08-26 to 2013-10-01

N: 43 S: 23 E: -70 W: -124

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DSCOVR EPIC Level 2 O3SO2AI 03 DSCOVR EPIC 2015-06-13 to Present HDF5
DSCOVR EPIC Level 2 Sulfur dioxide (SO2) Product with EPIC Version 3 Input Version 2 02 DSCOVR EPIC 2016-01-02 to Present HDF5
DSCOVR EPIC Level 4 Tropospheric Ozone High Resolution Version 01 01 DSCOVR EPIC 2020-01-01 to 2025-07-15

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

0.25 Decimal Degrees x 0.25 Decimal Degrees HDF-EOS5
Effects of Climate Change on Global Food Production from SRES Emissions and Socioeconomic Scenarios 1.0 MODELS Computer 1970-01-01 to 2080-12-31

N: 90 S: -58 E: 180 W: -180

Excel, PNG, PDF, WMS
EMIT L1B At-Sensor Calibrated Radiance and Geolocation Data 60 m V001 001 ISS EMIT Imaging Spectrometer 2022-08-09 to Present

N: 54 S: -54 E: 180 W: -180

60 Meters x 60 Meters netCDF-4
EMIT L2B Carbon Dioxide Enhancement Data 60 m V001 001 ISS EMIT Imaging Spectrometer 2023-02-01 to 2024-01-31

N: 54 S: -54 E: 180 W: -180

60 Meters x 60 Meters COG
EMIT L2B Carbon Dioxide Enhancement Data 60 m V002 002 ISS EMIT Imaging Spectrometer 2022-08-09 to Present

N: 54 S: -54 E: 180 W: -180

60 Meters x 60 Meters COG
EMIT L2B Estimated Carbon Dioxide Plume Complexes 60 m V001 001 ISS EMIT Imaging Spectrometer 2023-02-01 to 2024-01-30

N: 54 S: -54 E: 180 W: -180

60 Meters x 60 Meters COG
EMIT L2B Estimated Carbon Dioxide Plume Complexes 60 m V002 002 ISS EMIT Imaging Spectrometer 2022-08-09 to Present

N: 54 S: -54 E: 180 W: -180

60 Meters x 60 Meters COG
EMIT L2B Estimated Methane Plume Complexes 60 m V001 001 ISS EMIT Imaging Spectrometer 2022-08-10 to 2024-10-26

N: 54 S: -54 E: 180 W: -180

60 Meters x 60 Meters COG
EMIT L2B Estimated Methane Plume Complexes 60 m V002 002 ISS EMIT Imaging Spectrometer 2022-08-09 to Present

N: 54 S: -54 E: 180 W: -180

60 Meters x 60 Meters COG
EMIT L2B Methane Enhancement Data 60 m V001 001 ISS EMIT Imaging Spectrometer 2022-08-10 to 2024-11-30

N: 54 S: -54 E: 180 W: -180

60 Meters x 60 Meters COG
EMIT L2B Methane Enhancement Data 60 m V002 002 ISS EMIT Imaging Spectrometer 2022-08-09 to Present

N: 54 S: -54 E: 180 W: -180

60 Meters x 60 Meters COG
EMIT L4 Earth System Model Products V001 001 ISS EMIT Imaging Spectrometer 2007-01-01

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

1.25 Decimal Degrees x 1 Decimal Degrees
2.5 Decimal Degrees x 2 Decimal Degrees 		netCDF-4
Export and Leaching of Carbon and Nitrogen from Mississippi River Basin, 1901-2099 1 MODELS Computer 1901-01-01 to 2099-12-31

N: 53 S: 24.5 E: -62 W: -126

multiple
Fire Particulate Emissions from Combined VIIRS and AHI Data for Indonesia, 2015-2020 1 Himawari-8, COMPUTERS, Suomi-NPP AHI, Computer, VIIRS 2015-07-04 to 2020-12-31

N: 10.1 S: -11 E: 153 W: 89

CSV
FIREX-AQ Aerodyne Mobile Lab Surface Mobile In-Situ Measurements 1 AML AMS, OC-EC Analyzer 2019-08-06 to 2019-08-30

N: 60 S: 15 E: 118.72 W: -135

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FIREX-AQ Analysis and Supplementary Data 1 Data Analysis LICOR GAS EXCHANGE SYSTEM, DACOM, CAMS 2019-07-01 to 2019-09-06

N: 60 S: 15 E: -75 W: -135

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FIREX-AQ California Air Resources Board (CARB) Surface Mobile In-Situ Measurements 1 CARB MMP GAS SENSORS 2019-08-15 to 2019-11-04

N: 60 S: 15 E: -75 W: -135

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FIREX-AQ DC-8 In-Situ Trace Gas Data 1 NASA DC-8 TOGA, WAS, ION CHROMATOGRAPHS, LICOR GAS EXCHANGE SYSTEM, DACOM, CAMS, GC-MS, SPECTROMETERS, LGR, CHEMILUMINESCENCE, CIMS, PTR-MS, CIT-ToF-CIMS, ACES 2019-07-15 to 2019-09-05

N: 60 S: 15 E: -75 W: -135

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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 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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