Making Science Data Easier to Use with OPeNDAP

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Panoply Examples

  • Tropospheric NO2 from OMI for July 7 2010: http://acdisc.gsfc.nasa.gov/opendap/HDF-EOS5/Aura_OMI_Level3/OMNO2e.003//2010/OMI-Aura_L3-OMNO2e_2010m0707_v003-2010m0708t161138.he5(Does not work in GrADS)

Ozone algorithm comparison

  • http://acdisc.gsfc.nasa.gov/opendap/HDF-EOS5/Aura_OMI_Level3/OMTO3e.003/2010/OMI-Aura_L3-OMTO3e_2010m0101_v003-2010m0108t061829.he5
  • http://acdisc.gsfc.nasa.gov/opendap/HDF-EOS5/Aura_OMI_Level3/OMTO3d.003/2010/OMI-Aura_L3-OMTO3d_2010m0101_v003-2010m0106t053032.he5

CO2 comparison

  • June 2010: http://acdisc.gsfc.nasa.gov/opendap/Aqua_AIRS_Level3/AIRX3C2M.005/2010/AIRS.2010.06.01.L3.CO2Std030.v5.6.1.85.X10189104304.hdf
  • June 2003: http://acdisc.gsfc.nasa.gov/opendap/Aqua_AIRS_Level3/AIRX3C2M.005/2003/AIRS.2003.06.01.L3.CO2Std030.v5.4.12.67.X09261104526.hdf

IDV Examples

Carbon Monoxide Plume from California wildfires, seen in AIRS Daily Level 3 (AIRX3STD)

  • 29 Aug: http://acdisc.gsfc.nasa.gov/opendap/Aqua_AIRS_Level3/AIRX3STD.005/2009/AIRS.2009.08.29.L3.RetStd001.v5.2.2.0.G09243131454.hdf
  • 30 Aug: http://acdisc.gsfc.nasa.gov/opendap/Aqua_AIRS_Level3/AIRX3STD.005/2009/AIRS.2009.08.30.L3.RetStd001.v5.2.2.0.G09244141238.hdf
  • 31 Aug: http://acdisc.gsfc.nasa.gov/opendap/Aqua_AIRS_Level3/AIRX3STD.005/2009/AIRS.2009.08.31.L3.RetStd001.v5.2.2.0.G09245132524.hdf
  • 01 Sep: http://acdisc.gsfc.nasa.gov/opendap/Aqua_AIRS_Level3/AIRX3STD.005/2009/AIRS.2009.09.01.L3.RetStd001.v5.2.2.0.G09246131354.hdf
  • 02 Sep: http://acdisc.gsfc.nasa.gov/opendap/Aqua_AIRS_Level3/AIRX3STD.005/2009/AIRS.2009.09.02.L3.RetStd001.v5.2.2.0.G09247131733.hdf
  • 03 Sep: http://acdisc.gsfc.nasa.gov/opendap/Aqua_AIRS_Level3/AIRX3STD.005/2009/AIRS.2009.09.03.L3.RetStd001.v5.2.2.0.G09248131356.hdf

Hint: Use ascending:CO_Total_Column_A, set range to 1E18 to 2.3E18.

Level 2 AIRS (AIRX2RET)

  • 01 Sep: http://airspar1u.ecs.nasa.gov/opendap/Aqua_AIRS_Level2/AIRX2RET.005//2009/244/AIRS.2009.09.01.202.L2.RetStd.v5.2.2.0.G09245202547.hdf

Ferret Example

CO2 and the Jetstream, based on Chahine et al., 2008, Fig.3 Links:

  • Monthly CO2 from AIRS for July 2003: http://acdisc.gsfc.nasa.gov/opendap/Aqua_AIRS_Level3/AIRX3C2M.005/2003/AIRS.2003.07.01.L3.CO2Std031.v5.4.12.67.X09261105833.hdf ]
  • Geopotential height from NCEP Reanalysis]: 500 mbar = level 12, July 2003 = time 667: http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/thredds/dodsC/Datasets/ncep.reanalysis.derived/pressure/hgt.mon.mean.nc

Ferret Commands:

set region/x=0:360
set data "http://acdisc.gsfc.nasa.gov/opendap/Aqua_AIRS_Level3/AIRX3C2M.005/2003/AIRS.2003.07.01.L3.CO2Std031.v5.4.12.67.X09261105833.hdf"
shade/lev=(.000364,.000382,.000001) MOLE_FRACTION_OF_CARBON_DIOXIDE_IN_FREE_TROPOSPHERE
set data "http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/thredds/dodsC/Datasets/ncep.reanalysis.derived/pressure/hgt.mon.mean.nc"
contour/k=12/L=667/overlay HGT
go land