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Copernicus Sentinel-5 Precursor (S5p) products improvement - operational switch

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As previously announced, the update of the Copernicus Sentinel-5 Precursor (S5p) operational ground-processing system has been put in place. This implies that Level 1B products are now processed with the new processor version 02.01.00., Level 2 Ozone (O3), Tropospheric O3, CLOUD, Sulphur Dioxide (SO2) and Formaldehyde (HCHO) products, which belong to the same processor suite, are now processed with the new processor version 02.04.01. Level 2 Methane (CH4), Carbon Monoxide (CO), Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2), Ozone Profile (O3_PR) Aerosol Layer Height (AER_LH) and Aerosol Index (AER_AI) are now processed with the new processor version 02.04.00.

As already announced, following the update, the quality of SO2 and HCHO production may be of temporarily reduced quality for 2 to 3 days whilst the background calibration is re-established, in additionthe L2 OFFL data between orbits 24655 – 24687 have been processed using in input the previous version of the L1B data, which is not optimal; therefore these data should be used with care.

The data processed with the new version are available on the Copernicus S5P Hub starting with the orbits/dates provided below. Please note that the Near Real Time (NRTI) products for data acquired during the processing downtime period were not generated.

Data orbits/dates starting from:

  • L1B: orbit 24688, 2022-07-19
  • NRTI: orbit 24697, 2022-07-20
  • OFFL: orbit 24655, 2022-07-17

Detailed information will be provided within the Product Readme Files.

As previously announced, the update of the Copernicus Sentinel-5 Precursor (S5p) operational ground-processing system has been put in place. This implies that Level 1B products are now processed with the new processor version 02.01.00., Level 2 Ozone (O3), Tropospheric O3, CLOUD, Sulphur Dioxide (SO2) and Formaldehyde (HCHO) products, which belong to the same processor suite, are now processed with the new processor version 02.04.01. Level 2 Methane (CH4), Carbon Monoxide (CO), Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2), Ozone Profile (O3_PR) Aerosol Layer Height (AER_LH) and Aerosol Index (AER_AI) are now processed with the new processor version 02.04.00.

As already announced, following the update, the quality of SO2 and HCHO production may be of temporarily reduced quality for 2 to 3 days whilst the background calibration is re-established, in additionthe L2 OFFL data between orbits 24655 – 24687 have been processed using in input the previous version of the L1B data, which is not optimal; therefore these data should be used with care.

The data processed with the new version are available on the Copernicus S5P Hub starting with the orbits/dates provided below. Please note that the Near Real Time (NRTI) products for data acquired during the processing downtime period were not generated.

Data orbits/dates starting from:

  • L1B: orbit 24688, 2022-07-19
  • NRTI: orbit 24697, 2022-07-20
  • OFFL: orbit 24655, 2022-07-17

Detailed information will be provided within the Product Readme Files.


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