A way to download Level-2 OMI Surface UV Irradiance and Erythemal Dose from NASA.
Data is stored in ~9005 files, some are .he5
(hdf
) data files and others are matching .xml
metadata files.
More Details from Source
Note: File Size(Approx) is approximate size per data file. Current is Mar 4, 2017. The weekly update had not been uploaded yet, so at the time this script was written, last day of data downloaded was from Feb 28, 2017.
(currently FMI is delivering data on weekly basis)
Version | Begin Date | End Date |
---|---|---|
003 | Oct 2, 2004 | Current |
Production Frequency: 14 files/day Granule (File) Coverage: one orbit File Size(Approx): 130 MB
- Register With Earthdata Login
- Authorize NASA GESDISC DATA ARCHIVE in Earthdata Login
- Clone or download this repo
git clone https://github.com/sketch-city/nasa-uv-data-downloader.git
- Then run the script:
./nasa-uv-data-downloader/script.sh -u <username> -p <password>
where <username>
and <password>
are from Step 1, the Earthdata login.
You can also add a -d
option for date. -d
can be any of the following:
2017
201702
20170201
or any other date string in the YYYY
, YYYYMM
, or YYYYMMDD
format.
By default, both .he5
data and the corresponding .xml
data will be downloaded. You can add a --without-meta
flag or --without-data
flag to the command as needed.
- https://mirador.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/mirador/collectionlist.pl?keyword=omuvbg
- https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/uui/datasets/OMUVBG_V003/summary
- https://acdisc.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/opendap/HDF-EOS5/Aura_OMI_Level2G/OMUVBG.003/contents.html
- https://mirador.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/mirador/granlist.pl?page=1&dataSet=OMUVBG&version=003&allversion=003&keyword=omuvbg&pointLocation=(-90,-180),(90,180)&location=(-90,-180),(90,180)&searchType=Location&event=&startTime=2004-10-01&endTime=2017-03-04%2023:59:59&search=&CGISESSID=a6a5b3aeb7fd6ba229f02f71d56dfaa1&nr=4502&temporalres=1%20day&prodpg=http://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/datacollection/OMUVBG_V003.html&longname=OMI/Aura%20Surface%20UVB%20Irradiance%20and%20Erythemal%20Dose%20Daily%20L2%20Global%20Gridded%200.25%20degree%20x%200.25%20degree%20V3&granulePresentation=ungrouped