Other Names

O ₃

Definition

Ozone (O₃), a powerfull bleaching, poisonous oxidizing agent with a pungent, irritating odor, is formed naturally from diatomic oxygen by electric discharge in air or exposure to ultraviolet radiation.
The ozone layer in the stratosphere absorbs UV radiation that shields the Earth surface from incoming harmful UV radiations. In the troposphere the ozone is mostly a result of anthropogenic pollution and therefore higher concentrations are found in urban areas. Ozone is involved with oxides of nitrogen (NOx) in the photochemical production of many of the constituents of polluted environments. Stratospheric ozone is depleted by reactions with chlorine derived from chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), which results in more solar UV radiation reaching the Earth's surface below ozone-depleted regions of the stratosphere.

GES DISC Datasets

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Parameter	Units	Platform /Instrument	Data
			Begin Date	End Date	WHOM Access	Doc
Total Ozone at ground pixel resolution	DU	Aura/OMI	2004-08-15	Current	OMTO3.003	Y
					OMDOAO3.003	Y
		Earth Probe/TOMS	1996-07-25	2005-12-31	TOMSEPL2	Y
		Nimbus-7/TOMS	1978-11-01	1993-05-06	TOMSN7L2	Y
		Aqua/AIRS	2002-08-30	Current	AIRX2SUP.005	Y
					AIRX2RET.005	Y
					AIRH2SUP.005	Y
					AIRH2RET.005	Y
Total Ozone at ground pixel resolution, global 0.25 deg lat/lon grids	DU	Aura/OMI	2004-08-15	Current	OMTO3G.003	Y
					OMDOAO3G.003	Y
Total Ozone (daily average, globally gridded, 1 x 1.25 deg grids)	DU	Earth Probe/TOMS	1996-07-25	2005-12-31	TOMSEPL3	Y
		Nimbus-7/TOMS	1978-11-01	1993-05-06	TOMSN7L3	Y
		Meteor-3/TOMS	1991-08-22	1994-12-27	TOMSM3L3	Y
		Aura/OMI	2004-08-15	Current	OMTO3D.003	Y
Total Ozone (daily average, globally gridded, 0.25 x 0.25 deg grids)	DU	Aura/OMI	2004-08-15	Current	OMTO3e.003	Y
Total Ozone (daily/weekly/monthly average, globally gridded, 1 x 1 deg grids)	DU	Aqua/AIRS	2002-08-30	Current	AIRL3.005	Y
Ozone Profile (pixel resolution)	mixing ratio	Aura/MLS	2004-08-08	Current	ML2O3.002	Y
		Aura/HIRDLS	2004-07-15	Current	HIRDLS2.003	Y
		Aqua/AIRS	2002-08-30	Current	AIRX2RET.005	Y
					AIRX2SUP.005	Y
					AIRH2RET.005	Y
					AIRH2SUP.005	Y
		UARS/HALOE	1991-10-11	2005-11-21	UARHA2FN	Y
		Nimbus-7/LIMS	1978-10-25	1985-05-01	LIMSN7L2	Y
		Nimbus-7/SBUV				Y
		Shuttle/SSBUV				Y
		NOAA/TOVS	1978-11-30	1995-07-05	NOAA/TOVS	Y
Ozone Profile (Global Gridded Daily/Weekly/Monthly Averages)	mixing ratio	Aura/MLS	2004-08-08	Current		Y
		Aura/HIRDLS	2004-07-15	Current		Y
Ozone Profile (Global Gridded Daily, at equal interval of Latitude or Time	mixing ratio	UARS/HALOE	1991-10-11	2005-11-21	UARHA3AT	Y
		UARS/ISAMS	1991-09-26	1992-07-29	UARIS3AL	Y
					UARIS3AT	Y
		UARS/CLAES	1991-10-25	1993-05-05	UARCL3AL	Y
					UARCL3AT	Y
		UARS/MLS	1991-09-18	1999-07-28	UARML3AL	Y
					UARML3AT	Y

Other sources for data

1. Aura/TES 2. NOAA/SBUV 2 3. Other Major Ozone Missions