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MLS/Aura Near-Real-Time L2 Nitrous Oxide (N2O) Mixing Ratio V005 (ML2N2O_NRT) at GES DISC

Metadata Updated: August 22, 2025

ML2N2O_NRT is the EOS Aura Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) Near-Real-Time (NRT) product for nitrous oxide (N2O). This product contains N2O profiles derived from the 190 GHz region. The NRT data are typically available within 3 hours of observation and are broken into files containing about 15 minutes of data. The most recent 7 days of data are available online. Spatial coverage is near-global (-82 degrees to +82 degrees latitude), with each profile spaced 1.5 degrees or ~165 km along the orbit track (roughly 15 orbits per day). The vertical coverage is from 100 to 1 hPa.

The MLS NRT algorithm uses a simplified fast forward model to meet Near Real Time data latency requirements and are therefore not as accurate as the retrievals that constitute the standard MLS products. Nevertheless the results are scientifically useful in selected regions of the Earth's atmosphere provided that the data are screened according to the recommendations in the MLS NRT User Guide and the MLS L2 Data Quality Document for Standard Products.

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.

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Dates

Metadata Created Date December 1, 2022
Metadata Updated Date August 22, 2025

Metadata Source

Harvested from NASA Data.json

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date December 1, 2022
Metadata Updated Date August 22, 2025
Publisher NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/GCDC/GESDISC
Maintainer
Identifier C2131771775-GES_DISC
Data First Published 2021-09-21
Language en-US
Data Last Modified 2025-07-17
Category Aura, LANCE, geospatial
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 254c92b1-3a51-4ed5-99c3-902e49805178
Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
Homepage URL https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov:443/search/concepts/C2131771775-GES_DISC.html
Metadata Type geospatial
Old Spatial -180.0 -82.0 180.0 82.0
Program Code 026:001
Source Datajson Identifier True
Source Hash c854ef4628c892df8e343d36f0a98a89ff0fc7ec4f7631cd6b5c3d4a6ff70089
Source Schema Version 1.1
Spatial
Temporal 2021-09-21T00:00:00Z/2023-02-28T00:00:00Z

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