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sentinel-5p-l2-co-rpro·dataset

Carbon monoxide record, reprocessed (Copernicus)

Sentinel-5P Level 2 Carbon Monoxide (RPRO)
atmosphere ESA ESA Copernicus active
In plain English

What it measures. Maps atmospheric carbon monoxide concentrations across the planet.

How it's made. Generated from TROPOMI on ESA Copernicus's Sentinel-5P satellite, reprocessed as a Level-2 product for a consistent long-term dataset.

How & where you'd use it. Supports multi-year studies of combustion pollution from fires, cities, and industry.

What's measured

SentinelCopernicusESASatelliteGlobalAtmosphereL2CORPROEUEC

Coverage & cadence

  • Time span2018-04-01 → ongoing
  • Spatial extent-180, -90, 180, 90

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

This Collection provides Sentinel-5P Level-2 CO products, which contains high-resolution imagery of carbon monoxide concentrations.

Get the data

copernicus_access.py
# ESA Copernicus Data Space — open STAC API (free account)
from pystac_client import Client

cat = Client.open("https://stac.dataspace.copernicus.eu/v1")
search = cat.search(
    collections=["sentinel-5p-l2-co-rpro"],   # add _cog or _nc for a format variant
    bbox=(-10, 35, 30, 60),             # your area (W,S,E,N)
    datetime="2024-01-01/2024-12-31",
)
items = list(search.items())            # then read assets with rioxarray / xarray
Browsing the Copernicus STAC is open; downloading bytes needs a free Copernicus Data Space account.