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sentinel-5p-l2-so2-rpro·dataset

Sulphur dioxide, reprocessed satellite archive (Copernicus)

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

What it measures. Records sulphur dioxide concentrations across the atmosphere, the gas that drives acid rain and is emitted by volcanoes and fossil-fuel burning.

How it's made. Comes from the Sentinel-5P satellite at Level-2, fully reprocessed so the entire historical record uses one consistent method.

How & where you'd use it. Best suited to long-term pollution research and studies comparing emissions over many years.

What's measured

SentinelCopernicusESASatelliteGlobalAtmosphereL2SO2RPROEUEC

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 SO2 products, which contains high-resolution imagery of atmospheric sulfur dioxide 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-so2-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.