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sentinel-5p-l2-np-bd3-rpro·dataset

Cloud and scene check, band 3, reprocessed (Copernicus)

Sentinel-5P Level 2 NPP Cloud (band 3) (RPRO)
biosphere ESA ESA Copernicus active
In plain English

What it measures. Contains cloud details and scene-uniformity information from one spectral band, as technical support data.

How it's made. Comes from TROPOMI's band 3 on ESA Copernicus's Sentinel-5P satellite, reprocessed as a Level-2 product for archive consistency.

How & where you'd use it. An auxiliary input that helps validate and refine other satellite measurements; not a finished, reader-facing map.

What's measured

3500mAtmosphereCopernicusECESAEUGlobalL2L2__NP_BD3NP-BD3RPROSatelliteSentinelSentinel-5

Coverage & cadence

  • Time span2018-04-30 → ongoing
  • Spatial extent-180, -90, 180, 90

What you can do with it

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

This Collection provides Sentinel-5P Level-2 NP BD3 products, which contains information on cloud and scene homogeneity.

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-np-bd3-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.