Satellite Ozone Data
Welcome to the STAR Portfolio. This portfolio contains information on products, services, and tools that STAR scientists develop and help maintain. It helps to ensure that there are adequate requirements and resources for STAR’s mission science activities to meet NOAA user requirements for upcoming satellite missions.
As members of the Aura Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) science, the team develops several tropospheric ozone data products from OMI combined with Aura Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS).
The Tropospheric Ozone and its Precursors from Earth System Sounding (TROPESS) Project is a NASA-funded activity under the NASA Earth Science Mission Directorate (SMD) program called Ozone Trends Science (OTS). TROPESS builds upon the success of the Aura Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES) experiment.
IASI+GOME2 is the multispectral observation of ozone at the lowermost troposphere and above from synergism of IASI thermal infrared and GOME-2 ultraviolet measurements.
The IASI AERIS Portal provides scientists with free and open access to the ozone Level 2 and Level 3 (monthly) products retrieved from the IASI/Metop observations.
The Ozone_cci project has been part of the ESA Climate Change Initiative (CCI) programme since it was initiated in early 2010. (Link)
This dataset provides monthly gridded ozone mixing ratios derived from measurements by the Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) aboard NASA’s Aura satellite. The Version 5.1 product contains near-global ozone observations (82°S–82°N) derived from radiances measured by the 240 GHz radiometer. Data are provided on multiple vertical grids with a recommended pressure range of 261–0.0215 hPa and are distributed in netCDF4 format. Additional information on data quality and recommended use is available in the MLS Version 5 Quality Document.
This dataset provides satellite-derived ozone profiles for 2016–2017 retrieved using the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) Space Infrared-Microwave-Sounding (IMS) scheme. The retrieval simultaneously derives ozone, temperature, water vapour, surface spectral emissivity, and cloud properties from co-located observations by IASI, MHS, and AMSU-A aboard EUMETSAT’s MetOp-A satellite. The dataset supports studies of tropospheric ozone distributions, radiative effects, and long-term variability. Further details on the retrieval methodology are provided by Pope et al. (2021). This release includes data processed for one in every ten days; fully processed datasets are available from RAL Space upon request.
This dataset provides satellite-derived ozone profiles for 2014–2015 retrieved using the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) Space Infrared-Microwave-Sounding (IMS) scheme. The retrieval simultaneously derives ozone, temperature, water vapour, surface spectral emissivity, and cloud properties from co-located observations by IASI, MHS, and AMSU-A aboard EUMETSAT’s MetOp-A satellite. The dataset supports studies of tropospheric ozone distributions, radiative effects, and long-term variability. Further details on the retrieval methodology are provided by Pope et al. (2021). This release includes data processed for one in every ten days; fully processed datasets are available from RAL Space upon request.
This dataset provides satellite-derived ozone profiles for 2012–2013 retrieved using the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) Space Infrared-Microwave-Sounding (IMS) scheme. The retrieval simultaneously derives ozone, temperature, water vapour, surface spectral emissivity, and cloud properties from co-located observations by IASI, MHS, and AMSU-A aboard EUMETSAT’s MetOp-A satellite. The dataset supports studies of tropospheric ozone distributions, radiative effects, and long-term variability. Further details on the retrieval methodology are provided by Pope et al. (2021). This release includes data processed for one in every ten days; fully processed datasets are available from RAL Space upon request.
This dataset provides satellite-derived ozone profiles for 2010–2011 retrieved using the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) Space Infrared-Microwave-Sounding (IMS) scheme. The retrieval simultaneously derives ozone, temperature, water vapour, surface spectral emissivity, and cloud properties from co-located observations by IASI, MHS, and AMSU-A aboard EUMETSAT’s MetOp-A satellite. The dataset supports studies of tropospheric ozone distributions, radiative effects, and long-term variability. Further details on the retrieval methodology are provided by Pope et al. (2021). This release includes data processed for one in every ten days; fully processed datasets are available from RAL Space upon request.
This dataset provides satellite-derived ozone profiles for 2008–2009 retrieved using the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) Space Infrared-Microwave-Sounding (IMS) scheme. The retrieval simultaneously derives ozone, temperature, water vapour, surface spectral emissivity, and cloud properties from co-located observations by IASI, MHS, and AMSU-A aboard EUMETSAT’s MetOp-A satellite. The dataset supports studies of tropospheric ozone distributions, radiative effects, and long-term variability. Further details on the retrieval methodology are provided by Pope et al. (2021). This release includes data processed for one in every ten days; fully processed datasets are available from RAL Space upon request.
This dataset provides a harmonised record of lower tropospheric column ozone from 1996 to 2017, representing ozone between the surface and approximately 450 hPa (about 6 km altitude). The record combines retrievals from GOME-1 (1996–2002), SCIAMACHY (2003–2004), and OMI (2005–2017) satellite instruments using a retrieval approach developed by RAL Space. Details of the retrieval methodology are described by Miles et al. (2015).
This dataset provides daily mean ozone data from the TOMCAT three-dimensional chemical transport model and from satellite products derived from the IASI and GOME-2 instruments. The satellite observations were retrieved using schemes developed by RAL Space, as described by Miles et al. (2015) and Pope et al. (2021). The TOMCAT model data are available for 2017–2021, the IASI data for 2008–2023, and the GOME-2 data for 2015–2020.
This dataset provides monthly mean regional time series of lower tropospheric column ozone (0–6 km, or surface to 450 hPa) for North America, Europe, and East Asia from 2008 to 2017. The dataset combines three satellite products and simulations from the UKESM1.0 Earth System Model. The regions are defined using the HTAP-2 land mask. The satellite products include ozone retrievals from OMI produced by RAL Space, as well as the IASI FORLI and IASI SOFRID retrieval schemes. These data were used to investigate long-term trends and discrepancies among satellite-derived lower tropospheric ozone products.