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    • OCO-3 Level 2 CO2 prior based on CO2 monthly flask record, global meteorology, and age of air, Retrospective Processing V10r (OCO3_L2_CO2Prior) at GES DISC

    Metadata Updated: December 7, 2023

    Version 10r is the current version of the data set. Older versions will no longer be available and are superseded by Version 10r.

    The Orbiting Carbon Observatory -3 (OCO-3) was deployed to the International Space Station in May, 2019. It is technically a single instrument, almost identical to OCO-2.

    The Orbiting Carbon Observatory is the first NASA mission designed to collect space-based measurements of atmospheric carbon dioxide with the precision, resolution, and coverage needed to characterize the processes controlling its buildup in the atmosphere.

    OCO-3 incorporates three high-resolution spectrometers that make coincident measurements of reflected sunlight in the near-infrared CO2 near 1.61 and 2.06 micrometers and in molecular oxygen (O2) A-Band at 0.76 micrometers. The three spectrometers have different characteristics and are calibrated independently.

    Oxygen-A Band cloud screening algorithm is one of the primary cloud screening tools implemented in the operational OCO processing pipeline. The algorithm was introduced and applied to early GOSAT data with further analysis performed on OCO-2 simulations.

    The OCO ABO2 algorithm employs a fast Bayesian retrieval to estimate surface pressure and surface albedo from high resolution spectra of the molecular oxygen (O2) A-band, near 0.765 µm. The radiative transfer forward model (FM) assumes a clear-sky condition, i.e. Rayleigh scattering only, such that differences between the modeled and measured radiances are apparent when the measurement scene contains cloud or aerosol.

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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 December 1, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date December 7, 2023

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    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date December 1, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date December 7, 2023
    Publisher NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/GCDC/GESDISC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C2082387253-GES_DISC
    Data First Published 2021-05-31
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2021-05-31
    Category OCO-3, geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
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    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Citation OCO Science Team/Michael Gunson, AnnmarieEldering. 2021-06-10. OCO3_L2_CO2Prior. Version 10r. OCO-3 Level 2 CO2 prior based on CO2 monthly flask record, global meteorology, and age of air, Retrospective Processing V10r. Greenbelt, MD, USA. Archived by National Aeronautics and Space Administration, U.S. Government, Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (GES DISC). https://doi.org/10.5067/3BOE7TTR5IK6. https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/datacollection/OCO3_L2_CO2Prior_10r.html. Digital Science Data.
    Creator OCO Science Team/Michael Gunson, AnnmarieEldering
    Data Presentation Form Digital Science Data
    Graphic Preview File https://docserver.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/public/project/OCO/OCO3_logo.jpg
    Harvest Object Id 521d6d64-7fbe-4b5d-8bdf-e26d78ac447b
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    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.5067/3BOE7TTR5IK6
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -180.0 -90.0 180.0 90.0
    Program Code 026:001
    Release Place Greenbelt, MD, USA
    Series Name OCO3_L2_CO2Prior
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 7d9857d106f662eb8a66ce3c1dd62dcf637d46534484ae7596256acc1e0bf473
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 2019-08-06T00:00:00Z/2023-03-01T00:00:00Z

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