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S5P_L1B_RA_BD7_HiR·v3·dataset

Raw shortwave-infrared light measurements (Sentinel-5P, band 7)

Sentinel-5P TROPOMI Radiance product band 7 (SWIR detector) L1B 5.5km x 7km V3 (S5P_L1B_RA_BD7_HiR) at GES DISC
atmosphere NASA GES_DISC Level 1B active
In plain English

What it measures. Raw shortwave-infrared light measurements from the TROPOMI instrument's band 7 detector, that is, how much energy the sensor recorded in those wavelengths, along with calibration and engineering information.

How it's made. Produced from the TROPOMI spectrometer aboard Europe's Sentinel-5P satellite at high spatial resolution, processed by the Dutch meteorological institute into a Level-1B product.

How & where you'd use it. A low-level building-block input that feeds the algorithms producing air-quality and trace-gas products; rarely used directly by non-specialists.

What's measured

ATMOSPHERE › ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION › ATMOSPHERIC EMITTED RADIATIONATMOSPHERE › ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION › NET RADIATIONATMOSPHERE › ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION › RADIATIVE FORCINGATMOSPHERE › ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION › SCATTERINGATMOSPHERE › ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION › SHORTWAVE 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 GEOMETRY

Coverage & cadence

  • Time span2018-04-30 → ongoing
  • Measured bySentinel-5P (TROPOMI)
  • Processing levelLevel 1B
  • Spatial extent-180, -90, 180, 90
  • StatusACTIVE

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 with version 3, Calibration Key Data (CKD) have been updated. Starting from August 6th in 2019, Sentinel-5P TROPOMI along-track high spatial resolution (~5.5km at nadir) has been implemented. For data before August 6th of 2019, please check S5P_L1B_RA_BD7_1 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_bd7_hir_access.py
import earthaccess
earthaccess.login(strategy="netrc")          # free Earthdata Login

results = earthaccess.search_data(
    short_name="S5P_L1B_RA_BD7_HiR",
    version="3",
    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.