OCO-2 Level 2 spatially ordered geolocated retrievals screened using the A-band Preprocessor V11.2 (OCO2_L2_ABand) at GES DISC

Description

Version 11.2 is the current version of the data set. Older versions will no longer be available and are superseded by Version 11.2. The Orbiting Carbon Observatory is the first NASA mission designed to collect space-based measurements of atmospheric carbon dioxide with the precision, resolution, and coverage needed to characterize the processes controlling its buildup in the atmosphere. The OCO-2 project uses the LEOStar-2 spacecraft that carries a single instrument. It incorporates three high-resolution spectrometers that make coincident measurements of reflected sunlight in the near-infrared CO2 near 1.61 and 2.06 micrometers and in molecular oxygen (O2) A-Band at 0.76 micrometers.

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Name Format Description Link
21 Access the data via HTTP https://oco2.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/data/OCO2_DATA/OCO2_L2_ABand.11.2/
21 Use the Earthdata Search to find and retrieve data sets across multiple data centers. https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=OCO2_L2_ABand
21 Access the data via the OPeNDAP protocol. https://oco2.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/opendap/OCO2_L2_ABand.11.2/contents.html
33 Data Quality document https://docserver.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/public/project/OCO/OCO2_L2_DQ_Statement_v11.2.pdf
33 README document https://docserver.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/public/project/OCO/README.OCO2.pdf
21 Publications from the Science Team https://ocov2.jpl.nasa.gov/science/publications/
21 OCO-2 Data Gaps https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/information/documents?title=OCO+Known+Data+Issues
21 OCO-2 Documentation https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/information/documents?title=OCO-2+Documents
21 Access the dataset landing page from the GES DISC website. https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/datacollection/OCO2_L2_ABand_11.2.html
33 Software Interface Specification https://docserver.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/public/project/OCO/SDOS_SIS_L2Fluorescence.V6.pdf
22 OCO2_logo.jpg https://docserver.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/public/project/OCO/OCO2_logo.jpg
21 OCO-2 Project Home Page https://ocov2.jpl.nasa.gov/
33 oco2_abo2_atbd_prelaunch_4.pdf https://docserver.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/public/project/OCO/oco2_abo2_atbd_prelaunch_4.pdf
21 This software (NASA NTR-49044) retrieves a set of atmospheric/surface/instrument parameters from a simultaneous fit to spectra from multiple absorption bands. The software uses an iterative, non-linear retrieval technique (optimal estimation). After the retrieval process has converged, the software performs an error analysis. The products of the software include all quantities needed to understand the information content of the measurement, its uncertainty, and its dependence on interfering atmospheric properties. Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology. Copyright 2016 California Institute of Technology. U.S. Government sponsorship acknowledged. https://github.com/nasa/RtRetrievalFramework

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  • atmosphere
  • atmospheric-chemistry
  • earth-science

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