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    • BUV/Nimbus-4 Level 2 High-Density Ozone Data V005 (BUVN4L2HDBUV) at GES DISC

    Metadata Updated: September 19, 2025

    The Nimbus-4 BUV Level 2 High-Density Ozone Data collection contains the vertical distribtuion and total column amount of ozone, as well as the full set of ancillary information. Each file contains total ozone, reflectivities, ozone mixing ratios and layer ozone amounts measured every 32 seconds during the daylit portion of an orbit. Mixing ratios are given at 19 levels: 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.7, 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10, 15, 20, 30, 40, 50, 70 and 100 mbar. Layer ozone amounts are provided at 12 layers: 0.24, 0.49, 0.99, 1.98, 3.96, 7.92, 15.8, 31.7, 63.3, 127, 253, and 1013 mbar (bottom of layer value). The data collection also contains quality flags, orbital information, and housekeeping data.The data were originally created on IBM 360 machines and archived on magnetic tapes. The data have been restored from the tapes and are now archived on disk in their original IBM binary file format. Each file contains about one orbit of data. The files consist of data records each with two hundred and seven 4-byte words. The first record is the header record, followed by a series of data records, and ends with several trailer records that pad out the original blocked records. A typical orbit file is about 96 kB in size.The BUV instrument was operational from April 10, 1970 until May 6, 1977. In July 1972 the Nimbus-4 solar power array partially failed such that BUV operations were curtailed. Thus data collected in the later years was increasingly sparse, particularly in the equatorial region.This product was previously available from the NSSDC as the Total and Profile Ozone Data (HDBUV) with the identifier ESAC-00030 (old ID 70-025A-05Q).

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Metadata Created Date June 2, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date September 19, 2025

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    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date June 2, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date September 19, 2025
    Publisher NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/TISL/GESDISC
    Maintainer
    Identifier 10.5067/KRAJHSMA5NJW
    Data Last Modified 2025-09-10
    Category Earth Science
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
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    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://docserver.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/public/project/Images/BUVN4L2HDBUV_005.png
    Old Spatial "CARTESIAN",{"WestBoundingCoordinate":-180,"NorthBoundingCoordinate":80.1,"EastBoundingCoordinate":180,"SouthBoundingCoordinate":-80.1}
    Program Code 026:000
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 19820628735a7e694869204db4d8304389e2823d17dfb06717bbbd806cd71daf
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 1970-04-10/1970-04-10

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