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sentinel-5p-l2-o3-offl·dataset

Total column ozone map, standard product (Copernicus)

Sentinel-5P Level 2 Ozone (OFFL)
atmosphere ESA ESA Copernicus active
In plain English

What it measures. Shows the total ozone in the overhead air column worldwide, at high spatial detail.

How it's made. Built from TROPOMI on ESA Copernicus's Sentinel-5P satellite as a Level-2 offline product, processed for improved accuracy.

How & where you'd use it. Helps monitor the health of the ozone layer over time and informs UV-exposure and climate studies.

What's measured

SentinelCopernicusESASatelliteGlobalAtmosphereL2O3OFFLEUEC

Coverage & cadence

  • Time span2018-04-30 → 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 O3 products, which contains high-resolution imagery of total column ozone 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-o3-offl"],   # 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.