ASDC | TOL2O3S

TES Level 2

Entry Title: TES/OMI Aura L2 Ozone Special Observation V002

Entry ID: TOL2O3S_2

Tropospheric Composition

Description

TOL2O3S_2 is the Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES)/Aura Level 2 (L2) Atmospheric Temperatures Limb Version 2 data product. It was derived from TES nadir and Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) hyper-spectral measurements from the Aura satellite to jointly estimate an atmospheric ozone (O3) profile with extended vertical range compared to profiles retrieved from the individual measurement. TES was an instrument aboard NASA's Aura satellite and was launched from California on July 15, 2004. Data collection for TES is complete.

TES and OMI stand-alone O3 profile retrievals were largely complementary, with TES infrared measurements being largely sensitive to lower to middle troposphere while OMI total column O3 in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere. TES nadir and OMI locations were paired within 6-8 min and within 220 km. The paired radiance measurements of the two instruments in each location were optimally combined to retrieve a single O3 profile along with other trace gases whose signal interfered with that from O3. This combined O3 profile was a vertical resolution and vertical range that was an improvement over the two stand-alone products, especially in the upper troposphere/lower stratosphere. This Aura TES-OMI O3 product, using TES and OMI processing results, provided a unique data set for studying tropospheric transport of air pollutants and troposphere-stratospheric exchange processes.

DOI

10.5067/AURA/TES-OMI/TOL2O3S.002

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PROCESSING HISTORY

TES Level 2 Versioning - Level 2 Standard and Special Observation Products

PRODUCTION HISTORY

Report of TES Level 2 Global Survey Products Available from the ASDC

PUBLICATIONS

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TES Level 2 (L2) Data User’s Guide (Up to & including Version 5 data)

From GCMD Science Keywords:

TROPOSPHERIC OZONE
AIR QUALITY
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY
OZONE > OXYGEN COMPOUNDS

Lower-Mid Troposphere
Tropospheric Ozone (O3)
Upper Troposphere

Data Distribution

File Format(s):

HDF-EOS5

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Spatial Information

Spatial Coverage: (-90, 90), (-180, 180)
Spatial Coverage Type: Horizontal
Coordinate System: Cartesian
Granule Spatial Representation: Cartesian

Locations

GLOBAL

Temporal Information

Temporal Coverage: 2004-10-16 - 2015-10-22

Platforms

Earth Observation Satellites

Aura

Earth Observing System, Aura

OMI

Ozone Monitoring Instrument

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TES

Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer

FTIR SPECTROMETER

Metadata Dates

Created on 2019-05-31

Last updated on 2020-12-01