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MetOpA_GOME2_SIF_V2_2292·v2·dataset

Faint glow from growing plants (MetOp-A, daily)

L2 Daily Solar-Induced Fluorescence (SIF) from MetOp-A GOME-2, 2007-2018, V2
biosphere NASA ORNL_CLOUD Level 2 netCDF-4 classic
In plain English

What it measures. The faint glow that plants give off during photosynthesis, known as solar-induced fluorescence, measured daily over the world's land areas. This glow signals how actively vegetation is growing.

How it's made. Estimated from light recorded by the GOME-2 instrument on Europe's MetOp-A satellite, with both raw and bias-adjusted values provided per day.

How & where you'd use it. Helps researchers gauge plant productivity for carbon-cycle and farming studies. Because the signal is faint and noisy and only lightly validated, results should be used carefully.

What's measured

BIOSPHERE › VEGETATION › SOLAR INDUCED FLUORESCENCELAND SURFACE › SURFACE RADIATIVE PROPERTIES › REFLECTANCEBIOSPHERE › ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS › ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS › PRIMARY PRODUCTIONBIOSPHERE › ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS › ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS › PHOTOSYNTHESISBIOSPHERE › VEGETATION › LEAF CHARACTERISTICSBIOSPHERE › VEGETATION › CHLOROPHYLL

Coverage & cadence

  • Time span2007-02-01 → 2018-02-01
  • Measured byMETOP-A (GOME-2)
  • Processing levelLevel 2
  • Spatial extent-180, -89.7804, 180, 89.5996
  • FormatsnetCDF-4 classic
  • StatusCOMPLETE

What you can do with it

  • Map vegetation, forests and biomass
  • Monitor ecosystem productivity and carbon
  • Support habitat and biodiversity studies
Official description

This dataset provides Level 2 (L2) Solar-Induced Fluorescence (SIF) of chlorophyll estimates derived from the Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment 2 (GOME-2) instrument on the European Meteorological Satellite (EUMETSAT) MetOp-A with ~0.5 nm spectral resolution and wavelengths between 734 and 758 nm. GOME-2 covers global land on an orbital basis at a resolution of approximately 40 km x 80 km (before 15 July 2013) or 40 km x 40 km (since 15 July 2013). Data are provided for the period from 2007-02-01 to 2018-02-01. Each file contains daily raw and bias-adjusted solar-induced fluorescence, quality control information, and ancillary data. SIF measurements can provide information on vegetation's functional status, including light-use efficiency and global primary productivity, which can be used for global carbon cycle modeling and agricultural applications. The GOME-2 SIF product is inherently noisy due to low signal levels and has undergone only a limited amount of validation. The data are provided in netCDF format.

Get the data

metopa_gome2_sif_v2_2292_access.py
import earthaccess
earthaccess.login(strategy="netrc")          # free Earthdata Login

results = earthaccess.search_data(
    short_name="MetOpA_GOME2_SIF_V2_2292",
    version="2",
    bounding_box=(-122.5, 37.2, -121.8, 37.9),  # your area (W,S,E,N)
    temporal=("2024-01-01", "2024-12-31"),       # your dates
)
files = earthaccess.open(results)   # stream straight from ORNL_CLOUD
Browsing CMR needs no login. Downloading or streaming bytes needs a free Earthdata Login + the earthaccess package.