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Trace Gases/Trace Species Data Access and Tools

NASA has trace gases/trace species datasets that help researchers characterize the makeup of the atmosphere. Access a range of data and data tools such as AppEEARS, FIRMS, and Giovanni to make the most of trace gases/trace species data.

Many NASA observation methods—platforms, instruments, and space geodesy techniques—provide data that improve our understanding of trace gases, including NASA's Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring Pollution (TEMPO) instrument, featured below. 

Trace Gases/Trace Species Datasets

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Dataset Version Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Spatial Extent Spatial Resolution Data Format
Sentinel-5P TROPOMI Near-Real-Time (NRT) Tropospheric Ozone Column V2 (S5P_L2__O3_TCL_NRT) at GES DISC 2 Sentinel-5P TROPOMI 2025-01-23 to Present

N: 20 S: -20 E: 180 W: -180

Sentinel-5P TROPOMI Total Ozone Column 1-Orbit L2 5.5km x 3.5km V1 (S5P_L2__O3_TOT_HiR) at GES DISC 1 Sentinel-5P TROPOMI 2019-08-06 to 2020-07-13

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

Sentinel-5P TROPOMI Total Ozone Column 1-Orbit L2 5.5km x 3.5km V2 (S5P_L2__O3_TOT_HiR) at GES DISC 2 Sentinel-5P TROPOMI 2018-04-30 to Present

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

Sentinel-5P TROPOMI Total Ozone Column 1-Orbit L2 7km x 3.5km V1 (S5P_L2__O3_TOT) at GES DISC 1 Sentinel-5P TROPOMI 2018-04-30 to 2019-08-06

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

Sentinel-5P TROPOMI Tropospheric Ozone Column V1 (S5P_L2__O3_TCL) at GES DISC 1 Sentinel-5P TROPOMI 2018-04-30 to 2020-07-07

N: 20 S: -20 E: 180 W: -180

Sentinel-5P TROPOMI Tropospheric Ozone Column V2 (S5P_L2__O3_TCL) at GES DISC 2 Sentinel-5P TROPOMI 2018-04-30 to Present

N: 20 S: -20 E: 180 W: -180

SiB3 Modeled Global 1-degree Hourly Biosphere-Atmosphere Carbon Flux, 1998-2006 1 LANDSAT-7 AVHRR 1998-01-01 to 2006-12-31

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

Shapefile
STAQS Ground Data 1 GROUND STATIONS DOAS 2023-07-01 to 2023-08-31

N: 42.59 S: 42.58 E: -87.808 W: -87.83

ICARTT
STAQS JSC GV High Spectral Resolution Lidar-2 Data 1 G-V HSRL-2 2023-06-24 to 2023-08-16

N: 44.22 S: 29.25 E: -72.1 W: -119.8

HDF5
STRAT ER-2 Aircraft In-situ Trace Gas Data 1 NASA ER-2 Harvard CO2, AWAS, ACATS, HOx, ATLAS, NOAA O3 Classic, ALIAS 1995-03-24 to 1996-12-21 AMES
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Featured Trace Gases/Trace Species Observation Method: TEMPO
The Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring Pollution (TEMPO) instrument is a high-resolution, visible and ultraviolet light spectrometer aboard the Intelsat 40e platform. TEMPO monitors major air pollutants, such as ozone and nitrogen dioxide, across North America every daylight hour.
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TEMPO Near Real-Time SO2 and Enhanced Products

This Satellite Needs Working Group solution aims to provide an hourly sulfur dioxide (SO2) concentration product and additional trace gas measurements from the Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring Pollution (TEMPO) mission.
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TEMPO/GOES NRT Products

This Satellite Needs Working Group solution aims to provide hourly near real-time (NRT) air quality products using Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring Pollution (TEMPO) and Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) data.

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