TEMPO Solar Irradiance Measurements for UV and Visible Bands

TEMPO V03 solar irradiance files provide calibrated measurements from the working solar diffuser. The Level 1 product includes radiometrically and wavelength calibrated solar irradiance for UV and visible bands, along with noise data, viewing geometry, and quality flags. These provisional data were produced by the LARC_CLOUD organization using a L0-1b processor and reached validation on December 9, 2024.

Use Cases

• Validate satellite instrument calibration based on the measured solar irradiance data.
• Analyze solar spectral variability using the calibrated UV and visible band irradiance.
• Assess data quality for downstream products using the included quality flags.
• Model solar viewing geometry effects based on the ancillary geometry information.

Strengths

• Data includes radiometric and wavelength calibration for UV and visible bands.
• Product reached provisional validation on December 9, 2024.
• Files contain ancillary information like viewing geometry and quality flags.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect temporal or instrument bias inherent to nasa_earthdata.

Provenance

Source

LARC_CLOUD

Collection Method

Produced using the L0-1b processor, which includes image processing and wavelength calibration steps.

Freshness

Last updated 2025-11-27 23:59:00; freshness should be verified.