Skip to main content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Skip to content

Try the next-generation Data Catalog at catalog-beta.data.gov and help shape it with your feedback.

EMIT L4 Earth System Model Products V001

Metadata Updated: February 6, 2026

The Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT) instrument measures surface mineralogy, targeting the Earth’s arid dust source regions. EMIT is installed on the International Space Station (ISS) and uses imaging spectroscopy to take measurements of the sunlit regions of interest between 52° N latitude and 52° S latitude. An interactive map showing the regions being investigated, current and forecasted data coverage, and additional data resources can be found on the VSWIR Imaging Spectroscopy Interface for Open Science (VISIONS) EMIT Open Data Portal.The EMIT Level 4 Earth System Model (EMITL4ESM) Version 1 data product provides radiative forcing outputs, along with other ancillary outputs generated from different Earth System Models (ESMs). ESMs are complex models that integrate relevant physical, chemical, biological, and human components to simulate multiple aspects of large-scale systems on Earth. Multiple models, input mineral maps, meteorology inputs, and emissions/concentration scenarios are examined for the model runs contained within this data product. Models currently utilized include the Community Earth System Model 2 (CESM2) and the Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) model. Some ESM runs utilize reference surface mineral maps from the literature dating back to 2007; others rely on the EMIT L3 Aggregated Mineral Spectral Abundance and Uncertainty 0.5 Deg (EMITL3ASA) data as inputs. Each EMITL4ESM granule represents a single ESM run with a Network Common Data Format 4 (netCDF-4) file for each variable. A total of 12 Science Dataset (SDS) layers or variables are provided for each model run. For some SDS layers or variables, multiple layers based on inclusion of model minerology inputs are provided in their netCDF files. The layers/variables table below details which variables contain the extra layers. Metadata flags for Earth System Model, Resolution, Surface Mineral Map, External Meteorology, Time Period, and Emissions/Concentration Scenario indicate the key parameters for each granule. A table outlining each variable in detail can be found in the EMIT Science Data System Level 4 repository.Known Issues* Data acquisition gap: From September 13, 2022, through January 6, 2023, a power issue outside of EMIT caused a pause in operations. Due to this shutdown, no data were acquired during that timeframe.

Access & Use Information

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.

Downloads & Resources

Dates

Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
Metadata Updated Date February 6, 2026

Metadata Source

Harvested from NASA Data.json

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
Metadata Updated Date February 6, 2026
Publisher LP DAAC;NASA/JPL/EMIT
Maintainer
Identifier 10.5067/EMIT/EMITL4ESM.001
Data Last Modified 2026-02-03
Category Earth Science
Public Access Level public
Bureau Code 026:00
Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
Harvest Object Id ff96c796-bb15-4fe2-ab34-9d502ddffa75
Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
Homepage URL https://earth.jpl.nasa.gov/emit/
Old Spatial {"NorthBoundingCoordinate":90,"WestBoundingCoordinate":-180,"EastBoundingCoordinate":180,"SouthBoundingCoordinate":-90},"CARTESIAN"
Program Code 026:000
Source Datajson Identifier True
Source Hash adf3ea43d5575d6b17849cd7f82403134e4be20e65998881c80dc12128cdb65b
Source Schema Version 1.1
Spatial
Temporal 2007-01-01/2007-01-01

Didn't find what you're looking for? Suggest a dataset here.