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The Diverse Data, User Driven Services and the Power of Giovanni at NASA GES DISC Suhung Shen
NASA Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center
Outlines
- Overview of remote sensing and model data at
GES DISC
- Overview of data services at GES DISC
– Registration with NASA data system – Searching and downloading data
- Giovanni: online data exploration tool
- NASA Earth Data and Information System
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Data Products at GES DISC
- Satellite Observation
- Model Outputs
- Earth System Data Records (ESDR)
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Satellite Data at GES DISC
- AIRS (2002.08 – 2016.09): temperature, pressure, humidity,
geopotential height, …
- TRMM (1997.12 – 2015.06 ): precipitation
- GPM ( 2014.03 - ): precipitation
- TOMS (1978 – 2011): ozone
- AURA (OMI, MLS, HIRDLS, 2004.10 - ): ozone, aerosols, NO2,
SO2, water vapor
- AIRS (2002.08 – 2016.09): CO, CO2, CH4, …
- ACOS( 2009.04 - 2013.05): CO2
- OCO-2 (2014-present): CO2
- UARS (1991-2005): upper atmospheric trace gases, …
- SORCE (2003-2011): Solar Irradiance
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Data from NASA’s Aura OMI (Tropospheric NO2 , UV Aerosol Index and aerosol extinction optical depth), Aqua AIRS (Total Column CO), and Terra MODIS (aerosol
- ptical depth 550nm - deep blue)
Viewing Aerosol Data on California’s Wildfire
Tropospheric NO2 OMI UV Aerosol Index OMI Total Column CO AIRS AOD OMI MODIS-T A OD
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Hurricane Sandy Precipitation from TRMM
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Accumulated precipitation for Oct 22-30 2012
Greenhouse Gases
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Example of Gaps in Satellite Data
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Model Data at GES DISC
- MERRA (1979-2015): atmosphere reanalysis
- MERRA-2 (1980 – present): atmosphere reanalysis
- GLDAS(1979- present): Global land data assimilation
- NLDAS(1979 - present): North American land data assimilation
- NOBM (1998-2007): Ocean biogeochemical Assimilation Model
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