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co2-mean·dataset

Carbon Dioxide in the Air: Average Levels

CO₂ (Avg)
land NASA VEDA COG
In plain English

What it measures. Shows the average background concentration of carbon dioxide (CO₂) in the atmosphere.

How it's made. Derived from atmospheric carbon dioxide measurements compiled into a global gridded map.

How & where you'd use it. Provides a baseline picture of greenhouse-gas levels for climate science and public understanding.

What's measured

co2mean

Coverage & cadence

  • Time span2015-01-01 → 2022-02-13
  • Spatial extent-180.313, -90.25, 179.688, 90.25
  • FormatsCOG

What you can do with it

  • Track deforestation, fire scars and land-cover change
  • Monitor crop and vegetation health (NDVI/EVI)
  • Map how built-up vs. green an area is over time
Official description

The average background concentration of carbon dioxide (CO₂) in our atmosphere.

Get the data

veda_access.py
# NASA VEDA — open STAC API, anonymous (cloud-optimized GeoTIFFs)
from pystac_client import Client

cat = Client.open("https://openveda.cloud/api/stac")
col = cat.get_collection("co2-mean")
items = list(col.get_items())          # browse the analysis-ready COGs
# open an asset with rioxarray:
# import rioxarray; da = rioxarray.open_rasterio(items[0].assets["cog_default"].href)
NASA VEDA is an open STAC catalog — browse and stream the cloud-optimized GeoTIFFs anonymously (no login).