TEMPO Level 1 irradiance files provide solar irradiance measured using the working solar diffuser. The product includes radiometrically and wavelength calibrated solar irradiance for UV and visible bands, corresponding noise, and solar viewing geometry. These data reached provisional validation on December 9, 2024.
Use Cases
- Calibrating atmospheric models based on calibrated solar irradiance data
- Analyzing solar viewing geometry for satellite instrument validation
- Studying noise characteristics in UV and visible spectral bands
Strengths
- Data includes radiometrically and wavelength calibrated solar irradiance
- Files contain quality flags and ancillary information for validation
Limitations
- Data is provisional, indicating validation is not yet final
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
Provenance
- Source
- LARC_CLOUD
- Collection Method
- Produced using the L0-1b processor which includes image processing and wavelength calibration steps.