NASA POES Project: NOAA-11 and NOAA-16 Ozone Profiles from SBUV/2

NASA POES Project data contains ozone profile measurements from the SBUV/2 instruments on NOAA-11 and NOAA-16 satellites. The NOAA-11 data covers 1988-12-01 to 2001-03-27, and NOAA-16 data covers 2000-10-03 to 2003-12-31, with daily files in ASCII text format. Data was originally released on DVD in 2004 and is now hosted online by the NASA GES DISC.

Use Cases

• Analyzing long-term stratospheric ozone trends based on the multi-year daily measurement records.
• Validating atmospheric chemistry models using ozone profiles measured at 21 pressure levels.
• Studying spatial ozone distribution based on the 180 km x 180 km nadir footprint resolution.
• Calibrating remote sensing algorithms using the 12 discrete ultraviolet wavelength bands described.

Strengths

• Provides over a decade of daily ozone measurements for NOAA-11 (1988-2001) and NOAA-16 (2000-2003).
• Offers vertical profile detail with measurements at 21 pressure levels between 1000 and 0.1 hPa.
• Data is openly available under a CC-BY-4.0 license from a authoritative source (NASA GES DISC).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale ML tasks.

Provenance

Source

NASA GES DISC (Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center).

Collection Method

Satellite remote sensing via SBUV/2 (Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet Radiometer) instruments on NOAA-11 and NOAA-16.

Time Range

NOAA-11: 1988-12-01 to 2001-03-27; NOAA-16: 2000-10-03 to — 2003-12-31.

Freshness

Data collection ended in 2003; dataset is historical.

Geography

Global coverage from polar-orbiting satellites.