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S5P_L1B_RA_BD6·v1·dataset

Raw near-infrared light readings, band 6 (Sentinel-5P)

Sentinel-5P TROPOMI Radiance product band 6 (NIR detector) L1B V1 (S5P_L1B_RA_BD6) at GES DISC
atmosphere NASA GES_DISC Level 1B
In plain English

What it measures. Calibrated readings of how much near-infrared light the sensor recorded in one detector band across the satellite's wide field of view.

How it's made. Produced by the TROPOMI instrument on the Sentinel-5P satellite, with raw signals processed into calibrated radiance, irradiance, and engineering data.

How & where you'd use it. A low-level building-block input that feeds higher-level atmospheric and air-quality products, rather than being used directly by most people.

What's measured

ATMOSPHERE › ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION › ATMOSPHERIC EMITTED RADIATIONATMOSPHERE › ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION › NET RADIATIONATMOSPHERE › ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION › RADIATIVE FORCINGATMOSPHERE › ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION › SCATTERINGATMOSPHERE › ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION › ULTRAVIOLET RADIATIONSPECTRAL/ENGINEERING › PLATFORM CHARACTERISTICSSPECTRAL/ENGINEERING › PLATFORM CHARACTERISTICS › FLIGHT DATA LOGSSPECTRAL/ENGINEERING › PLATFORM CHARACTERISTICS › ORBITAL CHARACTERISTICSSPECTRAL/ENGINEERING › PLATFORM CHARACTERISTICS › VIEWING GEOMETRYSPECTRAL/ENGINEERING › SENSOR CHARACTERISTICS › GEOLOCATIONSPECTRAL/ENGINEERING › SENSOR CHARACTERISTICS › VIEWING GEOMETRYSPECTRAL/ENGINEERING › ULTRAVIOLET WAVELENGTHSSPECTRAL/ENGINEERING › ULTRAVIOLET WAVELENGTHS › ULTRAVIOLET RADIANCE

Coverage & cadence

  • Time span2018-04-30 → 2019-08-06
  • Measured bySentinel-5P (TROPOMI)
  • Processing levelLevel 1B
  • Spatial extent-180, -90, 180, 90
  • StatusCOMPLETE

What you can do with it

  • Map air pollutants — NO₂, aerosols, ozone
  • Track greenhouse gases and Earth's energy budget
  • Feed weather and air-quality analysis
Official description

Starting from August 6th in 2019, Sentinel-5P TROPOMI along-track high spatial resolution (~5.5km at nadir) has been implemented. For data after August 6th of 2019, please check S5P_L1B_RA_BD6 data collection. The Copernicus Sentinel-5 Precursor (Sentinel-5P or S5P) satellite mission is one of the European Space Agency's (ESA) new mission family - Sentinels, and it is a joint initiative between the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the ESA. The sole payload on Sentinel-5P is the TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI), which is a nadir-viewing 108 degree Field-of-View push-broom grating hyperspectral spectrometer, covering the wavelength of ultraviolet-visible (UV-VIS, 270nm to 495nm), near infrared (NIR, 675nm to 775nm), and shortwave infrared (SWIR, 2305nm-2385nm). TROPOMI Level-1B (L1B) product is generated by the Koninklijk Nederlands Meteoroligisch Instituut (KNMI) TROPOMI L01B processor from Level-0 input data and auxiliary data products with the netCDF-4 enhanced model. It provides users with radiance, irradiance, calibration and engineering products.

Get the data

s5p_l1b_ra_bd6_access.py
import earthaccess
earthaccess.login(strategy="netrc")          # free Earthdata Login

results = earthaccess.search_data(
    short_name="S5P_L1B_RA_BD6",
    version="1",
    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 GES_DISC
Browsing CMR needs no login. Downloading or streaming bytes needs a free Earthdata Login + the earthaccess package.