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Sentinel-5 Precursor Level 2 Ozone Profile
Sentinel-5 Precursor Level 2 Ozone Profile(L2__O3__PR) |
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The TROPOMI instrument onboard Sentinel-5 Precursor is a nadir-viewing, imaging spectrometer covering wavelength bands between the ultraviolet and the shortwave infrared. The instrument uses passive remote sensing techniques to attain its objective by measuring, at the Top Of Atmosphere (TOA), the solar radiation reflected by and radiated from the earth.
Retrieved ozone profiles are used to monitor the evolution of stratospheric and tropospheric ozone. Such monitoring is important as the ozone layer protects life on Earth against harmful UV radiation. The ozone layer is recovering from depletion due to manmade Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). Tropospheric ozone is toxic and it plays an important role in tropospheric chemistry. Also, ozone is a greenhouse gas and is therefore also relevant for climate change.
The main parameters in the file are the retrieved ozone profile at 33 levels and the retrieved sub-columns of ozone in 6 layers. In addition, the total ozone column and tropospheric ozone columns are provided. For the ozone profile, the precision and smoothing errors, the a-priori profile and the averaging kernel are also provided.
Data Set Specifications
| Temporal coverage: | Reprocessed (RPRO) dataset: since 30-04-2018 to 25-07-2022 |
| Spatial coverage: | ~2600 km swath. Full daily surface coverage of radiance and reflectance measurements for latitudes > 7° and < -7°, and better than 95% coverage for latitudes in the interval [-7°, 7°]. |
| Spatial resolution: | 28 x 35 km (across x along track), at beginning of mission (in case of reprocessed data) 28 x 35 km (across x along track), since 6 August 2019 |
| Vertical resolution: | Varies between 6-10 km |
| Processor Version: | 02.xx.xx, with x=any digit between 0 and 9 |
Processing Level
Level 2
How to access this data
Accessible via the Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem.
Resources
Technical Documentation on TROPOMI O3 Profile Product:
- PRF-O3_PR (Product Readme File): description of changes between different product versions and overall quality information
- PUM-O3_PR - (Product User Information - information on the technical characteristics of the TROPOLI O3 Profile products)
- ATBD-O3_PR - (Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document - detailed information on the retrieval algorithm of TROPOMI O3 Profile products)
- IODD-NL - (Input Output Data Definition - description of the input and output data of the TROPOMI O3 Profile product processing)
Technical Documentation on other TROPOMI Level 1B and L2 Products:
Other Copernicus Sentinel-5 Precursor/TROPOMI documents:
Related Datasets
The Products and Algorithms page contains links to other Copernicus S5P/TROPOMI datasets (click on the corresponding product type).
Data Citation Guidelines
Users, who, in their research, use ESA Earth Observation data that have been assigned a DOI, are asked to use it when citing the data source in their publications:
Copernicus Sentinel-5P (processed by ESA), 2021, TROPOMI Level 2 Ozone Profile products. Version 02. European Space Agency. https://doi.org/10.5270/S5P-j7l9xvd